KONKODOO, one of the three independent states
into which Bambouk, a considerable territory of Western
Africa, is divided. Latadoo and Bambouk are the names
of the two other kingdoms, the latter having given its
name to the whole territory. The country is crowded with
steep mountains, composed of a species of red granite,
but they are clothed with vegetation to the very sum-
mits; and the villages, which are built in delightful glens,
present a most romantic appearance. Gold is distributed
in larger or smaller quantities throughout Konkodoo,
and the chief occupation of the inhabitants seems to be
the collecting of the precious metal, which they separate
from grosser matter by mechanical processes. This king-
dom is governed by a chief; but the Siratik, the regal
title of the sovereign of Bambouk, enjoys an honorary su-
periority.