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CANIBALS OF MANIANA. 
prince takes all his merchandize, sends for his subjects, and 
those who have touched the door-way or the stone, are 
delivered to the merchant. 
A month's march to the east of Fouta Diallon lies 
Maniana, the capital of which is Tokoro ; the way to it passes 
through Balia, Kankan, Toro, and Fabana. The Negroes of 
Maniana are canibals according to the statement of Mungo 
Park. - - • 
When an inhabitant of this country is ill, they kill him 
and sell his flesh for gold, which is said to be abundant ; they 
also eat the old men ; traders, nevertheless, visit these parts^ 
but in numerous caravans. When a stranger dies they 
purchase his corpse for the purpose of eating it. The people 
of Maniani also eat spiders, and beetles ; they are tall, well- 
proportioned, and have good features, they are said to wor- 
ship fire. The difficulty of keeping up any communication 
with so barbarous a nation, renders European merchandize 
exorbitantly dear there ; they pay a hundred slaves for a gun. 
When the king wishes to purchase an expensive article, 
he o'oes to the villasres, and orders the slaves who form his 
guard to put the man or woman whom he points out, in 
irons ; and in this manner he frequently carries away all the 
inhabitants of a village. A Negro from Sego, whom I saw at 
Geba, assured me, that his king had entirely destroyed this 
nation of canibals. 
The Poulas of Fouta Diallon rarely venture into the 
