VOYAGE TO èENEÔAL. 
Biigiiy^ tlie froiitier of the kingdom of Baol. Its continent h 
only a short league from Goiee, but it stretches nearly sixty 
leagues in the interior. It was joined to the dominions of the 
provinces of Baol in 1695, after a sanguinary war, in which the 
latter were conquerors, and possessed both states to the year 
1717. The king gave himself the name of Damel, which is 
the particular appellation of the king of Cayor; but at the 
death of Tinmacodon, the inconvenience arising from so great an 
extent of country being under one governor was seriously felt, 
and the kingdom was again divided, when Amarizone^ brother 
to tlie deceased monarch, ascended the throne of Baol. 
The loyal family of Cayor is called Bisayou-ma-Fatim. The 
king who at present reigns was not the first in the order of sue- 
cession, but was elected; but he was elected without any in- 
trigue on his part: he took the title of Damel, and established 
his common residence at Guiguis, a village about thirty leagues 
from Senegal. After his election, the great people came to pay 
their homage to him, and all the ceremonies usual in such cases 
were scrupulously attended to : they prostrated themselves at 
some distance from the king's feet without any other clothing 
than a simple piece of cloth round the loins; and afterwards, on 
approaching, they bent the knee three times before him, putting 
at each declension a handful of sand to their foreheads, llie ma- 
rabous or priests were exempted from these humiliating ceremonies ; 
and on coming to acknowledge theii new sovereign, they merely 
took the oath of fidelity, which was administered by himself. 
The order of succession to the throne is regulated as follows : 
The brothers of the king succeed him by seniority ; and the children 
of the deceased prince only ascend the throne when there are no 
brothers to take possession of it, a cii cumstance which very rarely 
happens; but when it does, the eldest son takes precedence. The 
first wife is the queen ; the prince marries her publicly, and the 
festival lasts three days ; nearly all his subjects attend it and make 
him presents. The children by this marriage are the legitimate 
children, and natural heirs to the throne; and after them the 
children by the second wife have the right, as well as those of 
the other women whom the king has simply declared to be hi& 
wives. The king may also have other w omen to wliom he gives 
no qualification ; and their children, who are reputed legitimate, 
may also pretend to the throne according to their age, in cas& 
their father should die, and leave no children by his first queen or 
other acknowledged wives. 
This succession to the throne in the collateral lines is not pecu- 
liar to the kingdom of Cayor. It is also the case in that of Ho- 
val, which is contiguous, and ihe king of which takes the title 
of Brack; but a different method is adopted by the family of 
