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park's first journey. 
they fancied that the nose had been elevated by 
pinching it from time to time, till it acquired its 
actual form. In return for these compliments on 
his features and complexion, Mr Park, with great 
gallantry, praised " the glossy jet of their skins, 
** and the lovely depression of their noses but 
they told him, that honey-mouth was not esteemed 
in Bondou. He remarks, however, that they were 
probably not so insensible to flattery as they affect- 
ed ; for, after his departure, they presented him 
with fish and a jar of honey. Bondou, like Woolli, 
is covered with wood, but the land is more ele- 
vated and fertile. From its central situation, be- 
tween the Senegal and Gambia, it is much fre- 
quented by the Mandingo and SerawooUi traders. 
As the duties are heavy, the revenues of the king 
are considerable, and consequently, his authority 
firmly established, and his power formidable to his 
neighbours. On the 23d they departed from Fat- 
teconda, and, while the moon shone bright, and 
the deep silence of the woods was only interrupt- 
ed by the howling of the wolves and hyaenas, that 
glided like shadows through the thickets, they 
walked without articulating a word louder than a 
whisper, traversed the wilderness which divides 
Bondou from Kajaaga, and on the 24th arrived at 
Joag, the frontier town of that kingdom. Joag is 
situated two hundred and forty-seven miles east 
of Pisania, in N. lat. 14° 25', and W. long. 9° 12'. 
