moore's travels. 
Barsally, the most imperious and absolute of these 
chieftains, " does not dare to meddle with them.'* 
Our author is never weary of extolHng their good 
qualities j their hospitality, mildness, and huma- 
nity, not only among themselves, but towards 
the other inhabitants ; to which they add the 
quality of intrepid courage, whenever any aggres- 
sion requires its exertion. 
Moore resided for some time at James-Fort, 
with occasional excursions to the neighbouring 
towns. Tancrowall, at some distance up, he de- 
scribes as of considerable size, and the richest 
town on the whole river. It was inhabited partly 
by Mandingos, and partly by Portuguese, who 
occupied separate divisions, and built their houses 
in a different style. Those of the natives are 
conical, about twenty feet in diameter, and eight 
feet high, of *' a good fat binding clay, which 
" soon hardens," and the roof covered with ciboa 
or palmeto leaves. Albreda is a considerable 
town, about a mile below James-Fort, where the 
French have a factory. In consequence of this si- 
tuation, their passage up the river is commanded 
by the English fort, and they were permitted to 
carry on trade only upon condition of not giving 
more than forty bars a head for each slave. When 
they wished to pass James-Fort for a supply of 
wood or other necessaries, they were obliged to 
apply to the English governor, who, in granting 
