Peculiar Breed of Dogs--The Town of Zabakano--Market Day--Native Manufactures--Domestic Slaves--Palm Oil--Joleeba, or Niger--Horses make part of the Family--Pelican Nest--Pigeons--Kindness of the Gadadoo--Pigeon Shooting--Palaver with the Gadadoo--Population--Mounted Soldiers--Character of the Scenery--Grooba--Manufactures--The Town of Sagbo--Drilling System general here--Two sorts of Rice--Received by the Gadadoo with great Pomp--Palaver--Dromedary and Elephant--Prevalent Diseases--The Town of Jakee--Reception--Ancient Custom--Breakfast of the Natives--Manufactures--Terror of the Natives--Chalybeate Springs--The River Jenoo--The Land Tortoise--Interesting Panorama--The Town of Kallakandi--Reception by the Sheik--Palaver--Band of Musicians--Peculiar Instruments--Manufactures, &c.--Slave Market--Horses--Laws--Cruel Punishment--Population--Attack on a Boa-Constrictor--Manufactures--Deer--Method of Preserving Meat and Fish--Trap for Wild Animals--Town of Ongo--Reception by the Caboceer--Interesting Aspect of the Country 136 CHAPTER VII. Ongo--Weariness of my Attendants--Bivouac--Alarm of my Horse at the Neighbourhood of Wild Beasts--Terror of the Natives--Their Kindness--Establishment for Mahomedan Converts--Singular Custom--My Anxiety to find Terrasso-weea, who had been present at the Death of Mungo Park--Loss of my Sand-glass--Its Construction--Adofoodia--The Market-Place--Reception by the King--Interview with Terrasso-weea--Ceremony of welcoming me--His Stores--Discovery of an Old Acquaintance--Narrative of his Adventures--Terrasso-weea’s House--His Wives--Inquire of him Particulars of the Fate of Mungo Park--His Relation of the Death of that Intrepid Traveller--Terrasso-weea an Eye Witness of it--Park’s Property seized by the King--His Despotic Character--Flight of Terrasso-weea--My Palaver with the King--Hospitality of the Merchant--Information obtained respecting Timbuctoo--Market of Adofoodia 163 CHAPTER VIII.