[26]Or Douichs, see the Map of the Course of the Senegal below Moussala.
[27]Perhaps the Teja-Kants, or Takants, reputed to dwell further eastward.
[28]Or Ouled-Douleeme.
[29]Perhaps the Abou-Sebahs.
[30]A coussabe is a piece of cloth two yards long and three quarters wide, doubled and sewed together, with holes left for the arms at the top. Another opening is left for the head; so that it is a sort of shirt without sleeves.
[31]A sort of light, blue calico very coarse and thin in its texture, and used by the Moors for mosquito-curtains, and sometimes for coussabes for their slaves. It is sold at the Senegal at from eight to twelve shillings the piece of fourteen yards.
[32]A Moorish nation inhabiting the lower part of the river, westward of the country of the Braknas.
[33]Nobody is admitted to traffic without paying customs or dues; which are proportioned to the tonnage of the vessel and the value of the goods traded for. Government pays duty annually to all the princes on the banks of the river, with whom the inhabitants of St. Louis have dealings, to secure protection for their commerce.
[34]Worth about £166 sterling.
[35]Negro sailors are so called.