ABSTRACT

De Barros, who considered the Senegal to be the Niger, wrote, that it received Yarious names,* and was called by the Caragoles (Sera woollies) Colle; on which J\1r. Murray reasonably observes, " this name seems readily convertible into J oli-ba, the latter syllable being merely an adjunct, meaning a river:" this I was also given to understand. Now, if the name Joliba had not been reported on the authority of Mr. Park, I might submit that Colle is more readily convertible into Quolla, w·hich approximating even more closely to Kulla, seems to identify the Colle and Kulla under the common name of Quolla.t :Mr. Park in his memoir to Lord