ANIMALS OF CAYOR. 
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merous branches of the Rio Grande he manifested not the 
least fear. For a whole month he lived only on the grass 
which he browzed as he trotted along-. The valuable qualities 
of this quadruped ought to secure him a preference to the 
horse, from those who travel in the interior of Africa. The 
Negroes esteem the small black asses most ; but the red, of 
which mine was one, are scarcely inferior to them in strength 
or agility. 
In the country of Cayor there are many lions, ele- 
phants, some panthers, ounces, hyœnas, and several species 
of serpents. The raven, the eagle, the wit wall, the dove, the 
guinea-fowl, are seen every where. Whole families of spar- 
rows and humming birds of different colours, sport round the 
hut of the Negro. The rocks of Cape Verd, serve as retreats 
for palmated rats, the flesh of which is as good eating as that of 
the hare. The monkey is not common, owing to the scarcity of 
water. Rabbits, partridges, lapwings, fill the hugaus,^^ and 
the immense baobab supports the nest of the enormous pelican. 
The inhabitants of the kingdom of Cayor, belong to the 
great nation of the Joloffs : they were formerly under the 
dominion of the Bourb- Joloffs, before the governor of that 
province made himself master of it, and assumed the title of 
Daniel or King. 
* The millet fields of the Negroes. 
