Description of Baléya. — Arrival on the banks of the Dhioliba. — Courouassa. — Sambarala. — Bouré, a mountainous country, rich in gold. — Crossing the Dhioliba. — The river Yendan. — Kankan. — Description of the town. — The market. — Gold of Bouré. — A religious festival. — Ordeal of fire. — Critical situation of the traveller. — Diseases of the country. 245 CHAPTER X. Further account of Kankan and its environs. — Council of elders. — State of trade, and civilization. — Kissi. — Bouré. — Trade between Bouré and Bamako, Yamina, Ségo, Sansanding, and Jenné. — Working of gold mines. — Establishment of Bamako. — Passage of the Milo, and several other tributary rivers of the Dhioliba. 280 CHAPTER XI. Wassoulo. — Manners and customs of the inhabitants. — Flourishing state of agricultural industry. — Hospitality. — Kankary. — Sambatikila. — Reflections on the sale of slaves. — Scarcity. — Description of the residence of the Almamy. — Commerce. — Smith’s work. — Bambara villages. — Arrival at Timé. — Ranges of mountains. 301 CHAPTER XII. Abode at Timé. — Weekly market. — The traveller falls seriously ill of the scurvy. — Is nursed by a negress. — Rainy season. — The author prevented from joining the caravan departing for Jenné. — Fertility of the neighbourhood of Timé. — Desperate condition of the traveller. — His recovery after four months’ illness. — Description of a funeral. 321 CHAPTER XIII. Description of Timé and its environs. — Character, manners, and customs of the inhabitants. — Period of circumcision for males, and excision for females. — Manufactures, trade, and agriculture. — Indigenous plants. — Diseases. 345 CHAPTER XIV. Departure from Timé, January 9th, 1829. — The name of Kong, applied by Mungo Park to a chain of mountains, is a generic term. — Use of bells in caravans. — Loubakho. — Cacoron. — Dancing and music of the Bambaras. — Sananso. — Dhio. — The oil palm-tree. — Talé. — Customs of the inhabitants. — Borandou. — Grotesque mask. — Tangrera. 361 CHAPTER XV. Cultivation of tobacco. — Tangrera. — Fara. — Bangaro. — Itinerant musicians. — Débéna. — Tiara. — Part of the caravan proceeds to Sansanding. — Beehives. — Siracana. — The Bagoé, a navigable river. — The Lous. — Bandiarana. — Bridge over the Koua. 385 CHAPTER XVI. Oulasso. — Facibrisso. — Toumané. — Implements of husbandry. — Couara. — Koraba. — Douasso. — Kong. — Baunan. — Garo. — Forges. — Nibakhasso. 408 CHAPTER XVII.