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another house, each wife having one to herself. 
In the morning they approach him kneehng. 
There is no Hmitation as to the number of wives ; 
all " may have if they are able to buy but be- 
sides the price paid to the parents, the king ex- 
pects a certain gratification. At the ceremony, 
there is always a shew of violence— the bride be- 
ing attacked by one party, and stoutly defended 
by another — the former, however, never fail to 
prevail in the end. 
The trade of this countrv is described to be en- 
tirely in the hands of the Marabouts. Their chief 
traffic is bringing salt from the coast, which they 
exchange in the interior for gold, slaves, and kolla 
nuts. The goods are conveyed upon asses, of 
which they have great numbers ; Buckar Sano is 
said to have maintained 300. It is very remark- 
able, that our traveller received a report of the 
exchange of salt for gold, without the parties see- 
ing each other, exactly in the manner described 
to Cadamosto ; not omitting even the hanging 
down and putrefying lips, for which salt was the 
only remedy. 
The next narrative of a voyage into the interior 
of Africa, is one which appears in a somewhat 
questionable shape. It is contained in a memoir 
inserted at the end of Moore's volume of Travels. 
It is there said to be written by a merchant, who^ 
