^36 DISCOVERIES OF THE FRENCH. 
While the French Director remained at Ka- 
hayde, he received a second message from the 
Siratik, urging him, with the same earnestness as 
before, to repair to his residence. A sail of two 
leagues brought him to Ghiorel, a port belonging 
to that prince. Here he was visited, the same 
evening, by one of the princes, called Buckar 
Sire. Mutual presents and compliments were 
exchanged, and the young prince assured him, 
that his reputation alone was sufficient to secure 
him a welcome at his father's court. Soon after 
appeared a still more important personage, the 
grand Bouquenet, an old man with grey hairs, 
which, among negroes, indicates an extremely 
advanced age. His object was to receive the an- 
nual presents which the French Director brought 
with him. These consisted of a great variety of 
European goods, stuffs, hardware, toys, &c. partly 
for the king, partly for his wives ; with an addi- 
tional allowance for the Kamaiingo, or lieutenant- 
general, and for the Bouquenet himself. The 
whole value, however, did not exceed seventy or 
eighty pounds Sterling. 
Brue now set out to visit the court. He was 
attended by six factors, two interpreters, four 
trumpeters, a few servants, and twelve free ne- 
groes, well armed. The country was flat, well 
cultivated, and full of villages. They came soon 
to vast meadows, so covered with herds, that it 
