dances had with any of the religious ceremonies of the
Negroes, offensive to the Mohammedans, I was never able
to ascertain. D.
The dancing of the Negroes at Joag in Kajaaga, as
described by Mr. Park, corresponds very remarkably with
Adams’s description of the same amusement at Tom-
buctoo.
“ I found,” he says, 1st Journey 4to. p. 68, “ a great
1 crowd surrounding a party who were dancing by the
“ light of some large fires, to the music of four drums,
“ which were beaten with great exactness and uniformity.
“ The dances, however, consisted more in wanton gestures
p than in muscular exertion or graceful attitudes. The
« ladies vied with each other in displaying the most
“ voluptuous movements imaginable. They continued to
“ dance until midnight.”
Note 30, p. 38.
This statement, which is in opposition to the usual
opinion that Tombuctoo is a dependency of Bambarra,
receives some corroboration from a passage in Isaaco’s
Journal (4to. p. 205) where a “ Prince of Tombuctoo” is
accused by the King of Sego, of having, either personally
or by his people, plundered two Bambarra caravans, and
taken both merchandize and slaves. This was in September
1810, some months previous to the date of the
expeditions mentioned in the Narrative.
Note 31, p. 39-
The Negro slaves brought to Barbary from Timbuctoo
appear to be of various nations; -many of them distinguishable
by the make of their persons and features, as well as
by their language. I have seen slaves, who were described
as coming from the remote country of Wangara; but the
greater part of them are brought from Bambarra; the
Negroes of that nation being most sought after, and fetching
the highest prices in Barbary.
I recollect an unusually tall, stout Negress at Mogadore,
whose master assured me that she belonged to a populous
nation of cannibals. I do not know whether the fact was
sufficiently authenticated; but it is certain that the woman.
herself declared it, adding some revolting accounts of her
own feasts on human flesh.
Being in the habit of inquiring from Negroes at Mogadore
the manner of their falling into slavery, I received,
on one such occasion, from a Bambarreen Negro, a long
account of his capture, (on a plundering expedition), his