^02 DISCOVERIES OF THE ENGLISH. 
the erroneous geographical system which was 
there universally established. 
We come now to the travels of Moore, who, 
though he did not penetrate so deep into the in- 
terior as some of those already mentioned — ^yet, 
from the length of his residence, and his intimate 
communication with the natives, collected, on 
the whole, more information respecting this part 
of Africa, than any traveller prior to Park. He 
was employed by the African Company as their 
factor, or superintendent, at the different trading 
stations on the Gambia ; and in travelling from 
one to the other, had ample opportunities of ob- 
serving whatever was most worthy of notice 
throughout this region. He begins with giving 
some account of the nations who inhabit its banks, 
particularly of the Foulahs, whom he terms Pho- 
leys. He mentions them in much more respect- 
ful terms than Jobson. According to him, they 
are a truly meritorious and industrious race ; and 
" to have a Pholey town in the neighbourhood, 
" is by the natives reckoned a blessing.'' Their 
villages form a species of independent republic, 
governed entirely by their own chiefs, without 
any dependence upon the sovereign of the district. 
If they are oppressed or encroached upon, they 
remove themselves, and the benefits of their in- 
dustry, to another territory. Even the king of 
