[36]This tribe has a market near the mouth of the river, known by the name of the post of the Darmancours or Darmankous.
[37]The name given to the Mulattoes.
[38]This establishment is so called from Richard, the gardener, who founded it, and Tol, which signifies a garden in the Wolof language.
[39]A French factory on the Gambia.
[40]The seracolets, or sarakolas, are a corporation of itinerant merchants who travel over Africa; it is an error to suppose that the sarakolas are a nation.
[41]Almamy is the name given to the kings of many of these countries.
[42]This is the name given by Europeans to this fruit in the African colonies; the Mandingoes call it ourou.
[43]Some inhabitants of Kakondy, acquainted with the manners of the Bagos, informed me that they make gods of any thing that comes into their hands, such as a ram’s horn, a cow’s tail, a reptile, etc., and sacrifice to them.
[44]The nédé is a species of mimosa, the fruit of which contains a feculent substance, which is eaten by the negroes of this part of Africa.
[45]A place which the masters of slaves allot to their agricultural negroes; they have each a hut and a piece of ground, the produce of which supports them.