up the Negros bow and quiver, the rattling of which made the man withdraw : and my companion looking out, assured me that it was the Mansa himself, and advised me to keep awake until the morning. I closed the door, and placed a large piece, of wood behind it ; and was wondering at this unexpected visit, when somebody pressed so hard against the, door, tha,t the Negro could scarcely ,keep it shut. But when I called to him to open the door, thje intruder ran off, as before.1 ^ Sept. 16th. As soon a s, it was light, the Negrp, at my re- quest, went to the Mansa’s house and brought away my spear* He told me that the Mansa was asleep, and lest this inhospitable chief should;, devise means to detain me, he advised me to set out before lie was awake ; which I immediately did ; and about two o'clock reached Kamalia, a small town, the appearance of which is represented in the-'annexed Plate, situated at the .bottom of some rocky hills, where the inhabitants collect gold in considerable quantities, ,The Bushreens here live apart from the Kafirs, and have built their huts in a scattered manner, at a short distance from the town. They have a place set apart for performing their devotions in„to which they give the name of missura, or ifrosque ; but it is in fact nothing more than a square piece of ground made levefr and surrounded with the trunks of trees, having al small projection towards the east, where the Marraboo, or prlestj,; stands,; when he calls the people to prayers. Mosques o f this, ; construction are very common among the converted Negroes but having neither walls nor roof, they.can only- be used in' fine weather. When it rains, the Bushreens perforin their devotions in their'huts.
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