296 PEOPLE OF FOUTA DIALLON. 
people, of a reddish colour, inhabit the mountainous tracts 
only ; their features are coarse ; the women, who are almost 
all very ug-ly, are fond of ornaments. The language of the 
Djalonkés is extremely harsh, and the words are difficult to 
articulate. 
The Poulas or Foulahs, who came from the north of Africa, 
as I have already observed, seized Diallon and gave it the 
name of Fouta, or the country of the Poulas. They united 
themselves by marriage with the Djalonkés whom they had 
conquered. Their descendants now occupy all these countries. 
The native of Fouta Diallon is in general ugly ; his look 
is as ferocious as that of a tiger ; his nose is broad and flat, his 
teeth bad, his stature low ; his clothes which hang in rags, 
and the manner in which he arranges his hair, naturally very 
long, by dividing it into small braids, according to the custom 
of the ancient Egyptians, give him a savage appearance calcu- 
lated to alarm the traveller ; however, he is not cruel, but very 
irascible ; the least trifle offends and irritates him ; he rarely 
leaves an injustice unpunished, hence revolutions are frequent 
at Timbo. They are often attended with the death of the 
sovereign. The inhabitant of Fouta Diallon is proud of his 
country ; he is incessantly asking strangers if they do not 
think it very beautiful. Among the Poulas fanaticism - is 
carried to phrensy ; every moment they draw their daggers, 
and looking furiously at them exclaim : " I will plunge thee into 
the heart of a Pagan !" They are very greedy ; for a couple 
