THE WESTERN COAST. 
lized than any of their neighbours, are a brave in- 
dustrious tribe. Their women, when at work, 
are said, by De la Brue, to fill their mouths with 
water, to prevent interruption from loquacity. If 
the author was serious, it is a wonderful proof of 
their industry ! 
The Feloops, who possess that part of the coast 
which extends from Rio St Domingo to the Gam- 
bia, are a rude but industrious nation, who have 
little intercourse with their neighbours. They 
have always opposed, with success, the attempts 
of the Mandingoes to subdue them, even when 
assisted by the Portuguese. Their character dis- 
plays considerable energy, as their fidelity is in- 
corruptible, and their affection to their friends 
only equalled by their implacable resentment 
against their enemies. They never forget a fa- 
vour or an injury, and transmit their family feuds 
from generation to generation. When any per- 
son is slain in a quarrel, his eldest son procures 
his father's sandals, which he wears once a-year, 
on the anniversary of the murder, till he can 
avenge his death. They trade with Europeans 
in rice, goats, poultry, wax and honey, and, in 
their transactions, employ a Mandingo factor, 
who appropriates a part of the purchase, which is 
termed cheating money, to himself, which he re- 
ceives when the Feloop is gone. In those parts 
of the country, where any ravages have been 
