ICO AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
was fortunate enough to escape when that vessel was 
shipwrecked, and to reach the coast of the Sahara in a 
boat, whence he made his way to Senegal. 
The dangers from which Mollien had just escaped 
would have destroyed the love of adventure and ex¬ 
ploration in a less ardent spirit. They had no such 
effect upon him. He left St. Louis as soon as ever he 
obtained the assent of the Governor, Fleuriau, to his 
A WAR DANCE. 
proposal to explore the sources of the great rivers of 
Senegambia, and especially those of the Djoliba. 
Mollien started from Djeddeh on the 29th January, 
1818, and taking an easterly course between the 15th 
and 16th parallels of north latitude, crossed the 
kingdom of Domel, and entered the districts peopled 
by the Yaloofs. Unable to go by way of Woolli, he 
decided in favour of the Fouta Toro route, and, in spite 
