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Harper’s Stereotype Edition.

THE
LIVES
OF
CELEBRATED TRAVELLERS.

BY
JAMES AUGUSTUS St. JOHN.

Wand’ring from clime to clime, observant stray’d,

Their manners noted and their states survey’d.

Pope’s Homer.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

NEW-YORK:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. & J. HARPER,

NO. 82 CLIFF-STREET,

AND SOLD BY THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS THROUGHOUT
THE UNITED STATES.

1832.

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CONTENTS.

MUNGO PARK.

Born 1771.—Died 1806.

Born at Fowlshiels, near Selkirk—Receives a respectable education—Boundapprentice to a surgeon—Finishes his education at Edinburgh—Removesto London—Becomes known to Sir Joseph Banks—Appointedsurgeon to the Worcester, East Indiaman—Engaged by theAfrican Association to ascertain the course of the Niger—Sailsfrom England—Arrives at Jillifica—Unknown species of fish—Alligators—Hippopotami—Pisania—Dr.Laidley—Studies the Mandingo language—Attackedby fever and delirium—Horrors of the rainy season inAfrica—Wild beasts—Departs from Pisania—Surrounded by a bodyof the natives—Visits the King of Woolli—Obtains a guide—Elephant-hunters—Presentshis coat to the chief of Fatteconda—Major Houghton—Limitedterritories of the African kings—Suggestion by whichAfrica may be effectually explored—Folly of despatching a solitarytraveller—A night journey—Solitary forest—Dangers from wild beasts—HospitableMohammedan—Festival in honour of his arrival—Negrodances—Joag—Robbed of half his merchandise—Humanity of a femaleslave—Kasson—Robbed a second time—Affectionate meetingbetween the blacksmith and his relations—Maternal affection—Curiosityexcited by the presence of a white man—Kooniakary—Audiencewith the king—Advised to retrace his footsteps—Romanticscenery—Cheapness of provisions—Superstition of his Mohammedanguide—Terrifies two negro horsemen—Is mistaken for a demon—Kaarta—Buglehornsformed of elephants’ teeth—Receives permissionto depart—Jarra—Visits Ali the King of Ludamar—Despatches hisjournal to the Gambia—Is robbed—Barbarous treatment of Park byAli and his Moorish countrymen—Placed in a hut with a wild boar—Ischosen royal barber—Pillaged of the remainder of his property—Superstitiouscuriosity—Is threatened with death or mutilation—Torturedfor Moorish amusement—Robbed of his slave-boy—Affectingscene—Attempts to escape—Departs in the night—Stopped androbbed of his cloak—Nearly perishes from hunger and thirst—Stormin the desert—Multitude of frogs—Compelled to wander through thewoods—Subsists on wild berries—Enters the king

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