brue's second voyage. 
and prudently retired into the interior of their fo- 
rests. 
The next phenomenon which our party encoun- 
tered, was a person entitHng himself " King of 
" the Bees." He came accordingly to the boat, 
entirely covered with these animals, and followed 
by thousands, over whom he appeared to exer- 
cise the most absolute authority. They followed 
him, " as sheep their shepherd," and were never 
known to injure either himself, or those whom 
he took under his protection. 
The French, on their arrival at Tuabo, had been 
informed, that a revolution had taken place in the 
government of Gallam ; that Tonka Mouka, the 
late king, had been dethroned, and succeeded by 
a rival. Tonka Bukari. On arriving at Ghiam, 
two negroes appeared, who confirmed the intelli- 
gence, and also intimated, that the new king was 
in full expectation of receiving the duties paid to 
his predecessors. Brue stated, that he had no in- 
tention of withholding these duties, provided it 
appeared that Tonka Bukari really was king ; but 
that he wished previously to have an opportunity 
of ascertaining the fact. A messenger soon after 
arrived, announcing that Tonka Bukari was in a 
neighbouring village, and that, unless the duties 
were instantly paid, he would declare war against 
the French, and prevent them from penetrating 
higher up the river. The Director conceived 
