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tract a roughness of character, which would be worn down by 
a more frequent communication with other men. 
We pursued our journey eastward, through what appeared 
to be a fertile and well cultivated country, with but little 
wood. At the decline of day we halted at Longangi, a village 
inhabited by JolofFs. Through one of my fellow travellers, I 
obtained a hospitable reception from one of his relations, who 
lodged me in a spacious hut built of earth ; within there was 
a granary, the ascent to which was by a ladder. Here for the 
first time I heard the hour of prayer announced by a blind 
man, a custom which is general in the Fouta country. Every 
one was eager to fill the calebash of the Muezin with millet or 
flour. 
February 24th. We were on horseback before sun-rise ; 
my fellow traveller enquired if his relation had supplied me 
with sufficient food ; and finding that I was not satisfied, he 
reproached him for having treated his friend so ill. A league 
from this village we met a caravan of Moors, mounted on 
oxen. They had come to exchange the salt of Oualet for the 
cloths of the Fouta country. The land is generally well culti- 
vated ; that which is left untilled, is destined for pasturage 
for the flocks, which are numerous, and which constitute the 
wealth of the inhabitants. The remainder of the land is 
occupied as plantations of cotton trees, surrounded by hedges, 
carefully kept in order; the plants are placed two feet asunder. 
The rich and fertile country through which we had been 
