on which the party died. The negroes have no appropriate burial-
places, and frequently dig the grave in the floor of the deceased's
hut, or in the shade of a favourite tree. The body is dressed in
white cotton, and wrapped up in a mat. It is carried to the grave
in the dusk of the evening by the relations. If the grave is
without the walls of the town a number of prickly bushes are laid
upon it to prevent the wolves from digging up the body; but I never
observed that any stone was placed over the grave as a monument or
memorial.

Of their music and dances some account has incidentally been given
in different parts of my journal. On the first of these heads I
have now to add a list of their musical instruments, the principal
of which are--the koonting, a sort of guitar with three strings; the
korro, a large harp with eighteen strings; the simbing, a small harp
with seven strings; the balafou, an instrument composed of twenty
pieces of hard wood of different lengths, with the shells of gourds
hung underneath to increase the sound; the tangtang, a drum open at
the lower end; and, lastly, the tabala, a large drum, commonly used
to spread an alarm through the country. Besides these, they make
use of small flutes, bow-strings, elephants' teeth and bells; and at
all their dances and concerts clapping of hands appears to
constitute a necessary part of the chorus.

With the love of music is naturally connected a taste for poetry;
and fortunately for the poets of Africa they are in a great measure
exempted from that neglect and indigence which in more polished
countries commonly attend the votaries of the Muses. They consist
of two classes; the most numerous are the singing men, called jilli
kea, mentioned in a former part of my narrative. One or more of