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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
the length of my nose. They insisted that both were 
artificial. The first, they said, was produced, when I 
was an infant, by dipping me in milk, and they insisted 
that my nose had been pinched every day till it had 
acquired its present unsightly and unnatural conforma¬ 
tion.” 
Leaving Bonclou by the north, Mungo Park entered 
Kajaaga, called by the French Galam. The climate of 
this picturesque country, watered by the Senegal, is far 
healthier than that of districts nearer the coast. The 
^ KAJAAGA VILLAGE. 
natives call themselves Serawoullis, and are called Sera- 
colets by the French. The colour of their skin is jet 
black, and in this respect they are scarcely distinguish¬ 
able from the Yolofs. 
Mungo Park says :—“ The Serawoollis are habitually 
a trading people. They formerly carried on a great 
commerce with the French in gold-dust and slaves, and 
still often supply the British factories on the Gambia 
with slaves. They are famous for the skill and honesty 
with which they do business.” 
At Joag, Mungo Park was relieved of half his pro¬ 
perty by the envoys of the king, under pretence of 
