WASSIBOO — MOORJA — SEGO. 
upon its possessor all the knowledge of the origi- 
nal owner. After indulging the Foulah's desire 
of knowledge, he advanced to Wassiboo, a small 
town in N. lat. 14° 49^ where the cultivation of 
corn is carried on to such an extent, that " hun- 
" ger is never known." Men and women labour 
in concert, and, in planting corn, use a paddle 
superior to that of the Gambian negroes ; but 
the frequent incursions of the Moors force them 
to carry their arms into the field, with their in- 
struments of agriculture. From Wassiboo, he 
proceeded by Satile and Galloo, along with some 
fugitive Kaartans, to Moorja, a large town, where 
an extensive commerce in salt is carried on by the 
Moors, who exchange it for corn and cotton-cloth. 
The natives, who are Mahometans, are very hos- 
pitable, but prohibit Kafirs to drink corn-spirit, or 
beer. Advancing through a fertile romantic 
country, by Datliboo and Fanimboo, large vil- 
lages, they reached Doolinkeaboo. As they ap- 
proached Sego, the number of passengers on the 
roads augmented, and the people became less hos- 
pitable ; but he observed, for the first time in 
Africa, that women were here admitted into so- 
ciety. Mr Park was constantly mistaken for a 
Moor by the Bambarrans, who jested upon the 
sorry appearance of himself and his horse, and 
affected to think that he had been at Mecca. 
On July 21st he reached Sego, and, a little be- 
