21^ DISCOVERIES OF THE ENGLISH. 
woods, and steal to it at midnight, as the miser 
to his gold. 
Moore takes occasion here to enter into some 
particulars respecting the manners of the Man- 
dingos. The cultivated ground adjoining to each 
village is divided into two large fields, one for 
corn, and the other for rice. These are tilled 
under the direction of the alcade, or chief magis- 
trate, who appoints to each their portion of labour, 
and the produce is then divided according to their 
respective wants, so that it is scarcely possible 
that any one can starve in a Mandingo village. 
The alcade also decides all differences, and has 
the first voice in all deliberations respecting mat- 
ters of general concern. The merchants, and 
particularly the Europeans, are considered as un- 
der his peculiar protection ; hence he is usually 
called Tobaubo Mansa, ** the white man's king 
and Moore observes, that any one who can keep 
well with him, is pretty sure of having his busi- 
ness well done. 
The accounts of marriage, polygamy, &c. among 
the negroes, are pretty nearly the same as those 
given by all travellers. The wives are under 
great subjection to their husbands, which our au- 
thor ascribes in a great measure to the influence 
of Mumbo Jumbo. He knew a pretty large 
town near Bruko, which contained only one man, 
his wives, children, and slaves. The women are 
