504" ' ADAMS's NARRATIVE. 
loped. In fact, two of the most promment fea- 
tures observed by Adams, the humble materials 
of which the houses were constructed, and the 
canoes formed of a single tree, correspond exactly 
with the description of Leo Africanus ; which, as 
it cannot be supposed that Adams would draw 
from that source, affords a strong confirmation of 
the authenticity of his narrative. But the most 
remarkable circumstance which it exhibits, is the 
total absence of Moorish influence, and even ex- 
istence, at Tombuctoo. Our readers are already 
aware, that Park received assurances from various 
quarters, that the supreme power there was en- 
tirely in the hands of that people. Mr Jackson, 
though he states the sovereign to be negro, yet 
conceives the internal management and police of 
the city to be entirely Moorish. M. Dupuis also 
evidently apprehends, that there must in this re- 
spect have been some great defect of observation 
on the part of Adams ; yet the whole scope of 
his narrative marks a city entirely negro, in which 
not only Mahommedans are without influence, 
but from which they are entirely excluded, and 
are constant objects of rigour, jealousy, and sus- 
picion. He saw no appearance of the practice 
of Mahommedan rites ; no mosques ; nor does he 
believe that there are any. He adds, that no 
Moors were allowed to enter Tombuctoo^ unless 
