53 VOYAGE TO SENEGAL. 
St. i^îary'ç Point to the river Combo, from which it takes its 
name. 2. The kingdom or empire of Foigny, which begins at 
the river Combo mid terminates at that of Bintan, having eleven 
leagues of coast. 3. Gereges, whose Hmits are the river of 
Bintan, and the village from which the kingdom takes its name ; 
it possesses seven leagues of coast. 4. Kiara, which comprises 
twenty. 5. Geagra, which has only ten. 6. Gnamena, whose 
extent is fifteen. 7. Kiaconda, which occupies forty. 8. Tou- 
jnaua, of the same extent, and the kingdom of Cantor, the limits 
of which are not perfectly known, but which must be at least 
twenty leagues of coast. 
The whole of these different parts of the coast, calculated in 
a right line, forms a total of one hundred and sixty-five leagues, 
to which may be added for capes and contours of the river, at 
least eighty-tive more ; so that, from the mouth of the Gambia to 
the known extremity of the kingdom of Cantor, the extent of 
territory on ascending the south bank of the Gambia, is two 
hundred and fifty leagues. 
We possess Jio very circumstantial account of these Negro 
states, which, however, are nearly alike. Those most worthy of 
notice are the empire of Foigny, on the south bank, and the 
kingdom of Barra on the north. The iormer is watered by four 
rivers, and extremely fertile: it produces rice, pulse of all kinds, 
potatoes, and abundance of fruits. Its palm wine is excellent, 
and the people breed oxen, sheep, goats, and poultry. The 
country is uncommonly populous: the inhabitants are industrious 
and of a commercial turn; they are open, tractable, and par- 
ticularly faithful. The king assumes the title of emperor, and 
liis neighbours not only acïaiôwledge this distinction, but pay 
him a tribute. He bestows great attention on the conduct of 
the English and French, who carry on the commerce of the river; 
and when the two nations are at war in Europe, he takes 
care that they shall not fight in his states ; but in cases of hos- 
tility he takes the part of the weakest, or of those who are 
attacked. 
The kingdom of Barra is almost entirely peopled by strangers, 
as the natives of the country are there only few in number. The 
greatest population is that of the Mandingos or Mandings, so 
called from the name of their native country ^Jandin or Man- 
dingue, which is situated about four hundred leagues to the east, 
and is prodigiously peopled, as is evident from the vast number 
of slaves which it furnishes every year, as w ell as from the co- 
lonies, which frequently proceed from it to extend their active 
ij^idustry to other quarters. It wus thus that there arrived in the 
kingdom of Barra those who are considered as natives and who 
have possessed themselves of the supreme power, and the whole 
