Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-08-01
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We take the suhjOined parapranl,, from n
Work recently published in Lundom, entitled
travels IN The countries OF Senegal aud Gam.
ma ny nr Molten" lh" traveller iSa French
nhit"r VINO was shipwrecket. on the coast ct
Africa la the Year iSi6 His narrative il al
together highly curious. but whether implicit
~ credible, we viii nor undertake TO deter
name ~ ascriD"s excellent qualities, in gen.
cial. to the African population which he Wis
itPu, and represents the 81 ater part as ,ecinp
tor tiic ilrSt time, in him d white man Hin
experience with respect to the impiessjon
maze oy h's colour, Snd cast of feature was
the same as thai of Bnrckiiardt The women
almost universally expressed dIseu,t AT his
Udite skin he overheard some OF Them dis
cuSsing the point whether il would be pus,ible
Tor Them To i've with him as ims.dnd, tho
lie should bestnw huge dowrv. His noni.
line nose aud thia lips were objects of ,Jeri,ion
or pity. y useful lesson might be drawn from
these facIs. He found The belief pretty com.
mon that the whites liv ed ia ships on the ocean
an u had TO terra H'Dd If their own aud thai
they eat The slaves WHOM they purchase on the
African coast. Several of the instances OF ma.
i've hospitality which he relates. are AS strik
lug I'D atiectlng as those cOmmemoratpd by
Mango PARK. lie gives 10 the Foutaiore
state, spoken Of IN '!ic following extracts, a
population 0It"o millions. The class of (,ri-
ofS mentioned IN the last ofthe,n is not We np-
prehend. without counterpart in some other
countries. Nat. Gaz.
" \ blJiarous custom prevails III Foutatoro.
slave vhn wishes 10 chauge his master We eks
TO cut oil the ear of the man whom he fancies :.
u he succeeds lie becomes the property of
that person and his old master cannon re-
claim Iiial. To This practice my fellow ira
weller owes bis deafneSs-twO slaves had cut
on each an ear, close TO The head and The
wound In Dealing, had Obstructed the audito-
~ canal. ihiS maa nnfDrfuu ate irum
his reputation for good nature he mnsf now
be careful OF his horses, foTit will be these
ANIMALS whose ears the iugItives will next
attack"
In Foutatoro, and among the NIoors.
There exists a SOFT Of free-ndsOnry, the secre;
OF vi'ich has never been reveaied-the adept
is siN up for eight days in hut, lie is allow.
ell tG cat bGt once day-he sees no perSon,
excepting Slavr appointed 10 carry him his
.DOa aud at the cad of that period, a nnm~
cg OF men IN masks, present Themselves, and
cinplCy all possible means 10 put his courage
20 The proof II he arquitS lims elf with no.
nor. lac is admitted into The villages where per.
sous OF tbis FRATERNITY reside, tIIsV act AS com
jurors, aud are called AiHiousseri. | asked
an Amousseri TO explain his secret but he
answered, tl!at n he revealed it, his brethren
Wcaid destroy him"
Another elias ofpeople act a curious part
~ tOniaiOrO; these ave called DIayal,dos -
hey inhabit the villages Of SenopOle and Ca
iiei, aud are the gri1tS Ss these parts Though
doomed. by Their profession 10 contennt
'uey have cODtrived p render themselves Tor
Hiidabe by the ascendant which ihey have ac.
su;red over Tie prhlic opinion through the
medium Of praises or satiies. These are pro-
lci Hls in the Arabic language and jealous
Mahomedans. Their traffic in praises aud in
,rVectl"es was source of euiolnuent. n one
ni;iitse men demand ANY tGv0Gr lr0m the king
i.2 witJ not reinse him"