It contains a few large houses, some ruins of others, and a weather-beaten cross, where once stood a church; a mound shows the site of an ancient monastery, and a mud fort by the river is so dilapidated, that cows were grazing peacefully over its prostrate walls.
The few Senna merchants, having little or no trade in the village, send parties of trusted slaves into the interior to hunt for and purchase ivory.

It is a dull place, and very conducive to sleep.

One is sure to take fever in Senna on the second day, if by chance one escapes it on the first day of a sojourn there; but no place is entirely bad.

Senna has one redeeming feature: it is the native village of the large-hearted and hospitable Senhor H.A.Ferrao.

The benevolence of this gentleman is unbounded.