These expressions Mr.Park thought could not apply to any one but himself; and as the pit had much the appearance of a grave, thought it prudent to mount his horse, and was about to decamp, when the slave, who had gone into the village, brought the corpse of a boy by the leg and arm, and threw it into the pit with savage indifference.

As he covered the body with earth, the dooty often repeated, "_Naphula attiniata_," (money lost;) from which it appeared that the boy had been one of his slaves.
About sunset Mr.Park came to Kollikorro, a considerable town, and a great market for salt.

Here he lodged with a Bambarran, who had travelled to many parts of Africa, and who carried on a considerable trade.

His knowledge of the world had not lessened his confidence in saphies and charms, for when he heard that his guest was a Christian, he brought out his _walha_, or writing-board, and assured Mr.Park he would dress him a supper of rice, if he would write him a saphie, to protect him from wicked men.

Mr.Park wrote the board full from top to bottom on both sides, and his landlord, to possess the full force of the charm, washed the writing off into a calabash with a little water, and having said a few prayers over it, drank this powerful draught, after which he licked the board quite dry.