The Grains
Were About The Usual Size, But Much Flatter Than Those Of Manding,
And Were Found In White Quartz, Which Had Been Broken To Pieces By
Hammers.
At this town I met with a negro whose hair and skin were
of a dull white colour.
He was of that sort which are called in the
Spanish West Indies albinos, or white negroes. The skin is
cadaverous and unsightly, and the natives considered this complexion
(I believe truly) as the effect of disease.
May 11. - At daybreak we departed from Dindikoo, and, after a
toilsome day's travel, arrived in the evening at Satadoo, the
capital of a district of the same name. This town was formerly of
considerable extent, but many families had left it in consequence of
the predatory incursions of the Foulahs of Foota-Jalla, who made it
a practice to come secretly through the woods and carry off people
from the cornfields and even from the wells near the town. In the
afternoon of the 12th we crossed the Faleme River, the same which I
had formerly crossed at Bondou in my journey eastward. This river,
at this season of the year, is easily forded at this place, the
stream being only about two feet deep. The water is very pure, and
flows rapidly over a bed of sand and gravel. We lodged for the
night at a small village called Medina, the sole property of a
Mandingo merchant who, by a long intercourse with Europeans, has
been induced to adopt some of their customs.
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