SANSA]S[DING — TRADE. 479 
A musket, 6000 to 7OOO. 
A cutlass, 1500 to 2000. 
Amber, according to its various quality, 1000 
to 60. 
An Indian baft, 20,000. 
Scarlet cloth, 10 spans, 20,000. 
in retail, 30,000. 
Paper per sheet, 40. 
A minkalli of gold (12s. 6d. Sterling), 3000. 
Elephants' teeth, according to size, 10,000 to 
3000. 
A prime slave (male), 40,000. 
(female) 80,000 to 100,000. 
A fat cow, 15,000. 
A fowl, 250 to 300. 
Mansong had promised to send two canoes 5 
but as these were long delayed, Park determined 
to secure the means of purchasing boats for him- 
self. He therefore began a sale of the European 
goods which he had brought along with him ; and 
as the quality and price were more eligible than 
was usual in this market, he had an immense ruQ, 
and was obliged to employ three tellers to count 
his proceeds. Such a success raised the envy of 
all the mercantile world of Bambarra, and he was 
assured by Modibinne, that very high offers had 
been made to Mansong, if he would either kill 
the Europeans, or immediately send them out of 
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