two large and remarkable cavities, about a mile west of Roos, in the county of Cork, and province of Munster, in Ireland, 80 yards deep, in which the sea flows by subterraneous passageways. They are called East and West Pouladuff.

POULES or Foulques, one of the chief nations on the banks of the Senegal. Their country extends more than 180 miles along the river, and they demand exorbitant customs from the Senegal traders with the interior of the country. They are of a copper colour, somewhat inclining to red, although their children, who reside for some years at Senegal, become much blacker. Their females are handsome, and many of them are procured by the white people of Senegal. They are, however, incapable of attachment, and their dispositions are bad, requiring to be narrowly watched to prevent their infidelity: The dread of the bastinado will often effect what attention and compliance can never bring about.

Although the Poles inhabit one of the finest spots in Africa, they are nevertheless a wretched people; they are base, cruel, thievish, and fanatic in the extreme. They are commanded by a chief of their religion, which is a contemptible mixture of Mahometanism and idolatry. This chief is called the Almamy; he is always chosen from among the tampirs, who are 12 in number. The tampirs are the interpreters of the law, and are the most learned, or rather the most fanatical among them. The almamy has the power of life and death over his subjects; yet he may be deposed by an assembly of tampirs: it is therefore his interest to keep on good terms with them. The payment of customs is made to the almamy, and is afterwards distributed among the tampirs; and although a part belongs to the former, he nevertheless requires a separate present for himself.