From the 8th to the 16th nothing of consequence occurred, I found my shop every day more and more crowded with customers; and such was my run of business, that I was sometimes forced to employ _three tellers at once_ to count my cash. I turned one market day twenty-five thousand seven hundred and fifty-six pieces of money (cowries.) The second day after my arrival at Marraboo, as no accounts whatever had arrived concerning Mr. Scott, I sent a messenger to Koomikoomi, desiring him to bring Mr. Scott, or some account of him. He returned in four days, and told us that _Mr. Scott was dead_, and that the natives had stolen the pistols out of the holsters; but he had brought the horse to Bambakoo. When Modibinne enquired of Isaaco what sort of a _return of presents_ would be most agreeable to me, Isaaco (being instructed before) said he believed two large canoes, and Modibinne assured me, that the canoes would be sent down to Sansanding immediately on our arrival there. In order to give a just idea of the trade and profits on different articles sold at Sansanding, I have annexed a list of _European_ and _African_ articles, with their respective values in _cowries_, the great medium of exchange and the general currency of Bambarra. EUROPEAN ARTICLES. Value in Cowries. A musket ---- ---- ---- 6 to 7000 A cutlass ---- ---- ---- 1500 to 2000 A flint ---- ---- ---- ---- 40 Gunpowder, one bottle ---- ---- 3000 Amber No. 1. ---- ---- ---- ---- 1000 Ditto No. 2. ---- ---- ---- ---- 800 Ditto No. 3. ---- ---- ---- ---- 400 Amber No. 4. ---- ---- ---- ---- 160 Ditto No. 5. ---- ---- ---- ---- 80 Ditto No. 6. ---- ---- ---- ---- 60 Coral No. 4. each stone ---- ---- 60 Black points, per bead ---- ---- 20 Red garnets, per string ---- ---- 40 White ditto, per string ---- ---- 40 Blue agates, per string ---- ---- 100 Round rock coral, per bead ---- 5 Long ditto, per bead ---- ---- 5 Short arrangoes, per bead ---- 40 Gold beads, per bead ---- ---- 10 An Indian baft ---- ---- 20,000 A barraloolo, or five-bar piece 8,000 Scarlet cloth 10 spans ---- 20,000 If sold to the Karankeas _in retail_ 30,000 _Light yellow_ cloth nearly the same as scarlet; _blue_ not so high Paper per sheet ---- ---- 40 A dollar ---- ---- from 6 to 12,000 Or from 1£. 5s. to 2£. 10s AFRICAN PRODUCE. A _minkalli_ of gold (12s. 6d. sterling) ---- 3000 Four minkallies are equal to £3. 3s. Value in Cowries. _Ivory_, the very largest teeth, each ---- 10,000 The medium size ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 7,000 The smaller ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 3 or 4000 _Indigo leaves_ beat and dried in lumps larger than ones fist, each ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 40 A prime slave, (male) ---- ---- ---- ---- 40,000 A ditto, (female) ---- ---- ---- from 80 to 100,000 A girl ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 40,000 A horse from two to ten prime male slaves