WATT AND WINTERBOTTOM. 385 
One of the chiefs, who defended the religious 
wars, admitted, that if the Foulahs could pro- 
cure European goods without making war, he 
would believe that God would be offended ; but 
as this was impossible, God could not be angry, 
especially when the book desired them to make 
war on nations that would not serve him. The 
travellers replied, that though there w^ere many 
good things in the book, yet the devil had certain- 
ly inserted that passage, for God was so good and 
merciful, that he must hate men who destroyed 
their fellow-creatures ; and that the Foulahs ought 
to instruct those who were more ignorant than 
themselves. They learned, however, that the 
wars of Teemboo had ceased, since the w^ars of 
Europe had checked the slave-trade. They re- 
commended the use of the plough in cultivation, 
which had never been heard of in the Foulah 
country ; and the king offered to furnish any 
European with land, cattle, and men, who should 
settle among them. From Teemboo, Messrs 
Watt and Winterbottom returned by a different 
route, escorted by a strong body of Foulahs, sent 
by the king. When they arrived at the borders 
of the Suzee country, the Suzees suspected that 
the Foulahs had come to attack them ; but these 
suspicions were removed at a convention of the 
chiefs, who determined that the path should be per- 
manently opened through their country^ and an in- 
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