1^0 VOYAGE TO SENE.GAL. 
ties to some of the electors^ promised rewards to others, aB(î 
assumed the functions of royalty without waiting to be bathed in 
a spring consecrated to the coronation of the kings of Cay or. 
He took the name of Daniel, and abandoned that of Tin; he 
' then received the homage of the great people, who took the oath, 
of fidelity, and appointed two lieutenant-generals to govern the 
kingdoms of Cayor and Baol. 
i\t length his usurpation being evident, and his cruelties 
having rendered him odious to the whole state, he began to fear 
that the principal people might raise the rest against him ; to 
prevent which he cut off the heads of those whom he suspected, 
and sought to gain the affection of his subjects by opposing the 
demands which the notables had upon their vassals, and which 
they had a right to receive. This measure ruined them, and 
obliged them to retire to the neighbouring states. But the peo- 
ple, though relieved from the tribute^ were neither richer nor 
happier ; as Daniel soon appropriated to himself what the great 
men used to receive. He made himself rich at the expense of 
all, and by ruining them all without distinction, he deprived 
tliem of tlie means of rebellion. 
By such conduct this prince maintained himself upon the 
throne of Damel until his death. The two states of Cayor and 
Baol, which he had united to his dominion, were afterwards 
divided, but they remained with his family : that of Burba- 
Yolof has never been able to recover its rights, and appears to 
have renounced them. 
The descendants of Latir-Fat-Soucabe still reign at Cayor and 
Baol. This family, elevated by crime, has gradually acquired 
wisdom and moderation. It has had much influence on our 
coiTimcrcial and political operations, which it still preserves, and 
nothing indicates that it will lose its present power and conside- 
ration. 
I have already touched on the subject of this revolution ; but I 
have now added some circumstances that were omitted, and 
which 1 think relate essentially to the history of the country. 
On the 18th January, after travelling part of the night, Ru- 
bault arrived at four in the morning at Lequekie, the first vil- 
lage in the kingdom of Yolof, which he left on the 19th ; and^ 
after passing two or three others, he was met, on the 20th, by 
an envoy from the king of Yolof, who came to congratulate him, 
and escort him to the village in which the king resided : it is 
called Hicarkor, and our traveller was conducted to a large 
square in front of the king's hut. Immediately the sovereign ap- 
proached, followed by his whole court, and having on his left a 
great number of those buffoons whom the Negroes call griottes i 
there are both men and women who devote themselves to this 
