JOB BEN SOLOMON. 
rently the European interpretation of some other 
city mentioned by Job, most probably Tambou- 
canee, noticed by Saugnier as a mart for slaves 
and produce, about sixteen leagues above Gallam. 
Among the particulars obtained from Job re- 
specting the manners of the country, the following 
are the most worthy of notice. The people of 
Bunda are strict Mahometans, and the persons of 
distinction pique themselves on being well instruct- 
ed in the doctrines of their religion. They have 
not above thirty books, which are Arabic, and all 
relate to the Mahometan faith. The w^omen are 
veiled still more closely than is usual in Musulman 
countries ; they even remain covered from their 
husbands for three years after marriage. Job, at 
leaving Africa, had not seen the face of a wife, to 
whom he had been two years united. The chief 
employment is agriculture, which is very labori- 
ous, as they have no instruments proper for it, 
and no means of reaping the grain, unless by 
pulling it up by the roots. Elephant hunting is 
generally practised, and produces a considerable 
quantity of ivory for trade. Both in war and 
hunting, they make use of arrows poisoned by 
being dipped in the juice of a certain herb. Job 
asserted, in the most positive manner, that the 
Senegal and Gambia flowed always parallel to 
each other, and never united ; a correct statement, 
which met little credit in Europe, on account of 
