Of the parts which are above described, the first which presents itself to view, is that situate on the great river Senegal, which is said to be navigable more than a thousand miles, and is by travellers described to be very agreeable and fruitful.  Andrew Brue, principal factor for the French African company, who lived sixteen years in that country, after describing its fruitfulness and plenty, near the sea, adds,[A] “The farther you go from the sea, the country on the river seems the more fruitful and well improved; abounding with Indian corn, pulse, fruit, &c.  Here are vast meadows, which feed large herds of great and small cattle, and poultry numerous:  The villages that lie thick on the river, shew the country is well peopled.”  The same author, in the account of a voyage he made up the river Gambia, the mouth of which lies about three hundred miles South of the Senegal, and is navigable about six hundred miles up the country, says,[B] “That he was surprized to see the land so well cultivated; scarce a spot lay unimproved; the low lands, divided by small canals, were all formed with rice, &c. the higher ground planted with millet, Indian corn, and pease of different sorts; their beef excellent; poultry plenty, and very cheap, as well as all other necessaries of life.”  Francis Moor, who was sent from England about the year 1735, in the service of the African company, and resided at James Fort, on the river Gambia, or in other factories on that river, about five years, confirms the above account of the fruitfulness of the country.  William Smith, who was sent in the year 1726, by the African company, to survey their settlements throughout the whole coast of Guinea[C] says, “The country about the Gambia is pleasant and fruitful; provisions of all kinds being plenty and exceeding cheap.”  The country on and between the two above-mentioned rivers is large and extensive, inhabited principally by those three Negro nations known by the name of Jalofs, Fulis, and Mandingos.  The Jalofs possess the middle of the country.  The Fulis principal settlement is on both sides of the Senegal; great numbers of these people are also mixed with the Mandingos; which last are mostly settled on both sides the Gambia.  The government of the Jalofs is represented as under a better regulation than can be expected from the common opinion we entertain of the Negroes.  We are told in the Collection,[D] “That the King has under him several ministers of state, who assist him in the exercise of justice. The grand Jerafo is the chief justice thro’ all the King’s dominions, and goes in circuit from time to time to hear complaints, and determine controversies. The King’s treasurer exercises the same employment, and has under him Alkairs, who are governors of towns or villages.  That the Kondi, or Viceroy, goes the circuit with the chief justice, both to hear causes, and inspect into the behaviour of the Alkadi, or chief magistrate of every village in their several