_The caravan proceeds to Konkadoo, and crosses the Faleme River.
- Its
arrival at Baniserile, Kirwani, and Tambacunda. - Incidents on the
road. - A matrimonial case. - The caravan proceeds through many towns and
villages, and arrives at length on the banks of the Gambia. - Passes
through Medina, the capital of Wolli, and finally stops at Jindey. - The
Author, accompanied by Karfa, proceeds to Pisania. - Various occurrences
previous to his departure from Africa. - Takes his passage in an American
ship. - Short account of his voyage to Great Britain by way of the West
Indies._
On the 7th of May, we departed from Malacotta, and having crossed the _Ba
lee_, "Honey river," a branch of the Senegal, we arrived in the evening
at a walled town called Bintingala, where we rested two days. From
thence, in one day more, we proceeded to Dindikoo, a small town situated
at the bottom of a high ridge of hills, from which this district is named
_Konkadoo_, "the country of mountains." These hills are very productive
of gold. I was shown a small quantity of this metal, which had been
lately collected: 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.
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