A voyage to Senegal; or, historical, philosophical, and political memoirs, relative to the discoveries, establishments and commerce of Europeans in the Atlantic Ocean, from Cape Blanco to the River of Sierra Leone. To which is added an account of a journey from Isle St. Louis to Galam / By J.P. [!] L. Durand ... Translated from the French, & embellished with numerous engravings.

  • Jean Baptiste Léonard Durand
Date:
1806
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Credit: A voyage to Senegal; or, historical, philosophical, and political memoirs, relative to the discoveries, establishments and commerce of Europeans in the Atlantic Ocean, from Cape Blanco to the River of Sierra Leone. To which is added an account of a journey from Isle St. Louis to Galam / By J.P. [!] L. Durand ... Translated from the French, & embellished with numerous engravings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAP. XIIL. COURSE OF THE SENEGAL, AND DISTINCTION BETWEEN IT AND THE NIGER.—ACCOUNT OF THE PEOPLE Wid OCCUPY ITS BANKS.---KINGDOMS AND INHABITANTS ‘ON THE LEFT SIDE.---ACCOUNT OF KING BRACK, AND HIS LUDICROUS CONDUCT AT AN INTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNOR.—DEFEAT OF A MOORISH PRINCE.--- BATTLE BETWEEN THE VICTOR AND THE KING OF CAYOR, WITH ITS RESULTS.---ANIMALS OF THE BANKS OF THE SENEGAL: Tus Senegal, on the banks of which aimost all the com- merce of western Africa is carried on, and which has given its name to the French establishment in this pait of the world, runs from its source for forty leagues or thereabout N. N° W. and then turns due N. a8 far as the cataracts of Govina: thence it runs ro the N. W. till it reaches the cataracts of Felou; W. as far as Galam; N.W. to Faribé; and W. to Serimpalé. From this part it turns abruptly to the S.; and after several curvations it continues the same direction to the sea. In its course it di- vides itself into several branches, and forms two large lakes and Some isles, of which } shall have occasion to speak. _ | It has long been thought that the Senegal and the Niger weré the samé river; and they were indifferently called by each name. Several aïcient and modern authors have maintaitied this Opi- Mon; and others have controvefted it, But the discoveries of Mungo Park have irrevocably decided the point; as this tra: veller has found, that the Seiiegal and the Niger are two dif- ferent tivers whose course is opposite; the former running in à western, arid the latter in an eastern direction. In all seasons, the Senegal is navigable for small vessels and large bodts, from its mouth as far as Podor, and even to Do- mus, which is twelve leagues higher. It cannot be ascended higher so as to reach Galam, except in the rainy season, when there is stifficient water to navigate vessels from 130 to 150 tons burthen. 5 There are two lakes formed by this river, one called the Bask- ét-lake; anid the other taking its name from Cayor. The banks of the former are fertile, and well peopled; but the inhabitants being intolerably lazy, often suffer the greatest Misery, particu- DURAND.] Q