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make a considerable offing to the S. W. in order to double it: 
they are obliged to do so, till the two Breiists appear on the same 
line, so that one obscures tlie other. Thus you arrive at Cape 
Verd, on doubling which, you reach Goree, at a distance of two 
leagues. Thi3 cape, iVom the two Breasts to Cape Bernard, 
was ceded to France by two treaties in 1763 and 17Ô5, between 
the king Daniel and the governor of Senegal, as well as the villa- 
ges of Daccard and Bin, from which the inhabitants of the isle 
of Goree derive their subsistence. 
The passage from the Senegal to Goree is made in about 
twenty-four hours ; but the return is generally longer, from the 
opposition of the winds and currents. It sometimes even takes a 
month to return this short distance. The island received its name 
Goree, which means Good Road,'' from the Dutch, who ob- 
tained it in 1617 by treaty, from Biram, king of Cape Verd, 
They built a strong fort upon it on a steep mountain to the N. 
W. and another which commanded the creek, and secured their 
magazines. The Dutch enjoyed their acquisition till l6()3, when 
it was taken from them by the English, to whom this conquest 
was the more important, as they had established themselves in 
the river Gambia: but next year they were expelled from the 
isle by the Dutch admiral de Ruyter, who attacked them w^ith a 
powerful squadron. The French took it from the Dutch in 
1677, by which time the latter had put it into an excellent state 
of defence, and mounted the batteries with forty-two pieces of 
cannon. From that time to the present it has often been con- 
tested; and fallen into the possession of the English, French, 
and Dutch. The English possessed it during the last war. The 
government of the island when the FVench retained it, was the 
same as that of isle St. Louis ; and the religion, manners, and 
customs of the inhabitants of both places are nearly similar. 
CHAP. IIL 
far : HER REMARKS ON GOREE, AND COMMUNICATION 
FROM IT TO THE SENEGAL. KINGDOMS ON THE 
COAST OF GOREE, VIZ. CAYOR, BAOL, SIN, AND 
SALEIVI. CURIOUS PARTICULARS OF A RACE OF NE- 
GROES. — JOURNEY FROM GOREE TO SENEGAL, SCC. 
The commerce of the isle of Goree, extends from Cape Verd 
to the kingdom of Salem, about seven leagues from the mouth of 
the Gambia; but there is no e^ Publishment on that part of the 
coast. The three factories of Rutisque, Portudal, and Joal are 
abandoned, the French administration of Goree merely keeping 
as residents, while they liad the island, an inhabitant arid a negro^ 
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