At  this  place  ^  they  refilled  their  water  barrels,  and
continued  their  voyage  five  days  further,  when  they
reached  a  large  bay  which  their  interpreters  said  was
called  the  Western  Horn.  In  this  bay  they  found  a
large  island,  in  the  centre  of  which  was  a  salt  lake  with
a  small  island  in  it.  When  they  went  ashore  in  the  day
time  they  saw  no  inhabitants,  but  at  night  time  they
heard  in  every  direction  a  confused  noise  of  pipes,
cymbals,  drums  and  song,  which  alarmed  the  crew,  while
the  diviners  they  had  with  them,  equivalent  to  our  naval
chaplains,  strongly  advised  Hanno  to  leave  that  place  as
speedily  as  possible.  Hanno,  however,  being  less
alarmed  than  his  companions,  pushed  on  South,  and
they  soon  found  themselves  abreast  of  a  country  blazing
with  fires,  streams  of  which  seemed  to  be  pouring  from
the  mountain  tops  down  into  the  sea.  "We  sailed  quickly
thence,"  says  Hanno, "  being  much  terrified."  Proceeding
four  days  further  they  found  that  things  did  not  improve

^  Major  identifies  this  place  with  Cape  Verde,  pointing  out  that
the  inability  of  the  Lixitae  interpreters  to  understand  the  language
accords  with  the  fact  that  at  the  Senegal  commences  the  country
of  the  blacks  ;  "  the  immense  opening  "  he  regards  as  the  Gambia.
2CX)  EARLY  TRADE   IN  WEST  AFRICA  chap.
