80 ACCOUNT OF MOUTOUFA, THE MARABOUT. 
wish to dye. This very simple process does not produce a 
good bhie, The Medina Negroes also dye considerable quan- 
tities of cotton stuffs, green. 
The Marabout, Moutoufa, who was given me for a guide, 
could not depart on this day. Moussa, one of the sons of the 
Bourb-Joloffs, had carried off the sister of this Marabout, and 
absolutely insisted on making her his wife ; but the disciple 
of Mahomet, fearing lest his future nephews might be brought 
up in Paganism, and learn to drink ardent spirits like their 
father, had refused the honour of the intended alliance of the 
prince with his family. He had therefore gone in quest of his 
sister, with a view to conduct her into the Foota country. 
His efforts were in vain, for his sister, blinded, either by love 
or ambition, shared the passion of the prince ; she was deaf to 
all the representations of the Marabout, and the poor Mussul- 
man was obliged to leave her in the power of Moussa. I 
received a visit from the latter who remained a long time in 
my hut. I made him a small present, which so much pleased 
him, that he offered me one of his daughters, a girl of eleven 
years of age, for a wife. But he wanted a portion for her, 
and expected me to pay it. He demanded a barrel of brandy. 
Thus I might have become a prince, nay even, perhaps king 
of the Joloffs ; if, as 1 suppose, the Salic law does not exist in 
their kingdom. 
During my stay at Medina, I received the visits of several 
Poulas. Spread through almost every Negro state, they lead 
