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in very small parties. On arriving at Taudeny, 
he instantly remarks the difference, and observes, 
that this place is inhabited by a mixture of the 
two nations. It is added, '* From the number of 
" Moors, many, if not all, of whom were residents, 
" it appeared, that the restriction respecting them 
ea:isting at Tombuctoo did not extend to Tau- 
deny." Here we find what had not before 
been mentioned, that there was an actual pro- 
hibition against the Moors residing at Tombuc- 
too. The series of statements by Adams upon 
this subject is therefore uniform, consistent, and 
positive. On the other hand. Park and all other 
writers unanimously attest, that at no distant 
period the Moors were numerous, and possessed 
of great power and influence in that city. Put- 
ting these statements together, it appears almost 
certain, that there must have been a recent and 
total revolution ; a struggle for power between 
the Negroes and Moors, which ended in the 
total expulsion of the latter. Still numerous and 
powerful as the Moors are represented to have 
been, nothing could be more natural, than that 
they should make an effort to regain the supreme 
command of which they had been divested. If 
this failed, it would naturally follow, that they 
would be entirely driven out, and a system of 
jealous precaution adopted, such as Adams repre- 
