| [PREFACE]
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| [CHAP. I.]
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| CAPE BLANCO AND ITS ENVIRONS. — DANGERS OF
THAT PASSAGE. — BARBAROUS AND CRUEL CHARACTER OF THE MOORS WHO
INHABIT THE COAST. — SHIPWRECK OF M. DE BRISSON. — CAPTURE OF HIM
AND HIS COMPANIONS. — CHARACTER OF A MOORISH CHIEF. — HARDSHIPS OF
CAPTIVITY IN THE DESERTS. — LIBERATION OF M. DE BRISSON AND ONE OF
HIS COMPANIONS. |
| [CHAP. II.]
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| ISLE OF ARGUIN. — PORTENDICK. — HISTORICAL
ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENT NATIONS WHO HAVE OCCUPIED THOSE PLACES. —
EUROPEAN COMMERCE AND FISHERIES. — CAPE VERD. — GOREE, ITS
POSSESSION BY EUROPEAN NATIONS. — ACCOUNT OF THE MANNERS AND TRADE
OF ITS INHABITANTS. |
| [CHAP. III.]
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| FARTHER REMARKS ON GOREE, AND COMMUNICATION
FROM IT TO THE SENEGAL. — KINGDOMS ON THE COAST OF GOREE, VIZ.
CAYOR, BAOL, SIN, AND SALEM. — CURIOUS PARTICULARS OF A RACE OF
NEGROES. — JOURNEY FROM GOREE TO SENEGAL, &c. |
| [CHAP. IV.]
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| OF THE RIVER GAMBIA. — ESTABLISHMENTS OF
EUROPEANS ON ITS BANKS. — KINGDOMS WHICH DIVIDE THEM. — MANNERS AND
CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS. — PRODUCTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, &c.
&c. |
| [CHAP. V.]
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| COMMUNICATION BY LAND BETWEEN ALBREDA AND
CACHAUX. — DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY. — MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND
RELIGION OF ITS INHABITANTS. — ARTS. — EXTRAORDINARY SPANIARD. —
DIFFERENT VILLAGES, &c. |
| [CHAP. VI.]
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| OF THE ISLES OF THE BISSAGOS AND THEIR
INHABITANTS. — RECEPTION OF M. BRUE ON THE ISLE OF CAZEGUT. —
ACCOUNT OF A PIRATICAL EXPEDITION. — COSTUME OF THE PEOPLE OF
CAZEGUT. — PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN ON TRADING WITH SEVERAL OF THE
ISLANDS. — SANGUINARY AND TREACHEROUS CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE. |
| [CHAP. VII.]
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| OF THE BISSAUX ISLAND, ITS DISCOVERY,
ESTABLISHMENTS, PRODUCTIONS, &c. — RELIGION, MANNERS, AND
CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS. — OF THE PEOPLE OF THE BISSAGOS. —
THEIR TREACHERY TOWARDS EUROPEANS WHO TRADE WITH THEM; AND CAUTIONS
TO NAVIGATORS, WHO ATTEMPT ANY INTERCOURSE WITH THEM. — FERTILITY
OF THE BISSAUX. — PRIVILEGES OF THE KING OF THAT ISLAND. — HIS
CURIOUS METHOD OF PUBLISHING HIS ORDERS. — MANNER OF TAKING
CAPTIVES. — CEREMONY AT THE DEATH OF THE SOVEREIGN. |
| [CHAP. VIII.]
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| DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLE OF BULAM. — ITS
ADVANTAGES AND PRODUCTIONS. — ORIGIN AND FAILURE OF THE ENGLISH
ESTABLISHMENT. — RIVERS WHICH FORM THE ARCHIPELAGOS OF THE
BISSAGOS, WITH SOME PARTICULARS OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESIDE ON THEIR
BANKS. — PARTICULARS OF THE KINGDOM OF CABO, AND ITS SOVEREIGN. —
COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES OF THE VILLAGE OF GESVES, AND THE KINGDOM OF
GUENALA. |
| [CHAP. IX.]
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| OF THE ISLES OF LOS OR IDOLES. — ACCOUNTS
OF CERTAIN ANIMALS. — THE CROCODILE OR CAYMAN. — THE ELEPHANT. —
THE RIVER-HORSE. — TAMED CROCODILES. — SINGULAR ANECDOTE OF AN
ELEPHANT. — A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. |
| [CHAP. X.]
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| RIVER OF SIERRA LEONE, ITS DISCOVERY
&c. — EXPEDITIONS OF THE EUROPEANS, THEIR PARTIAL
ESTABLISHMENTS, AND PROJECTS OF COLONISATION. — REVIEW OF THEIR
RESOURCES AND PROJECTS. — GENERAL REMARKS ON THE ESTABLISHMENTS
WHICH MIGHT BE FORMED, AND THE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN FOR PROMOTING
THE PROSPERITY OF COMMERCE IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. |
| [CHAP. XI.]
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| PRODUCTIONS OF THE BANKS OF SIERRA LEONE. —
ACCOUNT OF THE PEOPLE AND THEIR FORMS OF GOVERNMENT, WITH SOME
PARTICULARS OF THEIR MANNERS AND CUSTOMS BOTH CIVIL AND MILITARY. —
CEREMONIES ATTENDING CIRCUMCISION. — LAWS OF THE DIFFERENT TRIBES.
— PRIVILEGES OF THE KINGS, WITH RESPECT TO THEIR SUCCESSORS. —
ACCOUNT OF THE PURRAH, A SORT OF SECRET TRIBUNAL. — EFFECT OF
COMMERCE UPON THE NEGROES. — CHARACTER OF THEIR WOMEN. |
| [CHAP. XII.]
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| DESCRIPTION OF THE BAR OF THE SENEGAL, AND
OF THE BANKS OF THAT RIVER, AS FAR AS ISLE ST. LOUIS. — PRECAUTIONS
TO BE TAKEN FOR PASSING THE BAR. — REMARKS ON THE CANOES OF THE
NEGROES. — DESCRIPTION OF ISLE ST. LOUIS, ITS ADMINISTRATION AND
INHABITANTS. |
| [CHAP. XIII.]
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| COURSE OF THE SENEGAL, AND DISTINCTION
BETWEEN IT AND THE NIGER. — ACCOUNT OF THE PEOPLE WHO OCCUPY ITS
BANKS. — KINGDOMS AND INHABITANTS ON THE LEFT SIDE. — ACCOUNT OF
KING BRACK, AND HIS LUDICROUS CONDUCT AT AN INTERVIEW WITH THE
GOVERNOR. — DEFEAT OF A MOORISH PRINCE. — BATTLE BETWEEN THE VICTOR
AND THE KING OF CAYOR, WITH ITS RESULTS. — ANIMALS OF THE BANKS OF
THE SENEGAL. |
| [CHAP. XIV.]
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| OF THE MOORS WHO OCCUPY THE RIGHT BANK OF
THE SENEGAL, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR ORIGIN, MANNERS, CUSTOMS,
RELIGION, AND LANGUAGE. — OF THE GUM TRADE, WHICH THEY EXCLUSIVELY
CARRY ON. — NATURE AND RESULT OF THAT TRAFFIC. — DESCRIPTION OF THE
TREE WHICH PRODUCES THE GUM. |
| [CHAP. XV.]
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| ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY BY LAND FROM ISLE ST.
LOUIS, ALONG THE SENEGAL, TO GALAM, IN WHICH ARE GIVEN THE
PARTICULARS OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, INHABITANTS, AND PRODUCTS
ON THE ROUTE. — OF THE KINGDOMS OF CAYOR, JOLOF, BARRA OR MANDING,
BAMBOUK, JOULY, MERINA, BONDOU, &c. &c. |
| [CHAP. XVI.]
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| EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OF SIDI-CARACHI ON
HIS RETURN FROM GALAM TO ISLE ST. LOUIS. — FARTHER PARTICULARS OF
THE COUNTRY IN THE ENVIRONS OF GALAM. |
| [CHAP. XVII.]
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| ACCOUNT OF THE SITUATION OF RUBAULT AT
GALAM, AT THE TIME OF MY DEPARTURE FROM ISLE ST. LOUIS. — PERIOD OF
MY EMBARKATION. — ARRANGEMENTS WHICH I MADE FOR THE SAILING OF A
FLEET TO GALAM, AND FAILURE OF ITS OBJECT. — MELANCHOLY END OF
RUBAULT. — GENERAL REFLECTIONS ON THE VOYAGE TO GALAM. — REMARKS ON
THE KINGDOM OF BAMBOUK AND ITS GOLD MINES. |
| [CHAP. XVIII.]
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| ACCOUNT OF MY RETURN TO EUROPE, WITH THE
PARTICULARS OF MY SHIPWRECK. |
| [INDEX]
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