the metropolis of the kingdom of Bambarra in Africa, on the banks of the Niger, in N. Lat. 14° 4' and W. Long. 2° 1'. It consists of four distinct towns, two on the northern bank of the river, called Sego Korro, and Sego Boo; and two on the southern bank, called Sego Soo Korro, and Sego See Korro, all surrounded by lofty mud walls, and the houses are constructed of clay, several of them two stories high, and even white-washed. Mosques are to be seen in every quarter, and the streets, though narrow, are sufficiently broad for every useful purpose, where wheel-carriages are wholly unknown. According to Mr Park, the inhabitants of Sego amount to 30,000; and it is the constant residence of the king of Bambarra, a considerable part of whose revenue arises from the fare given by passengers for crossing the river. The people, however, are not so hospitable as in many other African towns, as the Moors are here very numerous, whose bigotry renders them the implacable enemies of every white man, if suspected of being a Christian.

Mr Park being therefore prohibited from living in Sego, resided for three days in an adjacent village, and was dismissed on the fourth, after receiving 5000 cowries from the king, to enable him to buy provisions in the course of his journey; and although it amounted only to 20s. sterling, so very cheap were the necessaries of life in Bambarra, that he found it sufficient to procure provisions for himself, and corn for his horse, for not fewer than 50 days.