Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Last journey, and lifeJ. Murray, 1815 |
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Abolition Anderson appears Arabic language arrived asses Badoo baft baggage Bambarra Barraloolo bars of amber beads bottle of powder bullock calabash canoe caravan carry Chief circumstances coast coffle Congo considerable Coral corn course cowries ditto Dooty dysentery East European articles expedition Faleme river fatigued four Fowlshiels Gambia gave Giocha gold half past halted hill horse interior of Africa Isaaco Journal journey Kamalia killed King King's Latitude letter Lieutenant Martyn loads Lord Camden Major Rennell Mandingo Mansong Memoir miles minkalli Modibinne morning Mungo Park musket natives Negroes Niger night noon o'clock observed opinion Park's Travels passed person present purchase rain reached reason respecting rice river river Congo River Gambia road rocks Sabila Sansanding scarlet Scott Sego Senegal sent shew sick Sir Joseph Banks Slave Trade slept soldiers stream thing told Tombuctoo town tree village voyage
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Seite 80 - With the assistance of one of the soldiers I have changed a large canoe into a tolerably good schooner, on board of which I this day hoisted the British flag, and shall set sail to the east with the fixed resolution to discover the termination of the Niger or perish in the attempt. I have heard nothing that I can depend on respecting the remote course of this mighty stream, but I am more and more inclined to think that it can end nowhere but in the sea. ' My dear friend Mr Anderson, and likewise...
Seite 49 - I was anxiously looking around for the river, one of them called out, geo affili (see the water), and looking forwards, I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission — the long sought for majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward.
Seite 29 - In a country divided into a thousand petty states, mostly independent and jealous of each other, where every freeman is accustomed to arms, and fond of military achievements, where the youth who has practised the bow and spear from his infancy, longs for nothing so much as an opportunity to display his valour, it is natural to imagine that wars frequently originate from very frivolous provocation.
Seite 34 - ... way of life broke out from him upon many occasions; especially, when previously to his undertaking his second African mission, one of his nearest relations expostulated with him on the imprudence of again exposing himself to dangers which he had so very narrowly escaped, and perhaps even to new and still greater ones; he calmly replied, that a few inglorious winters of country practice at Peebles was a risk as great, and would tend as effectually to shorten life, as the journey which he was about...
Seite 76 - I shall only observe, that no event which took place during the journey, ever threw the smallest gloom over my mind, till I laid Mr. Anderson in the grave. I then felt myself, as if left a second time lonely and friendless amidst the wilds of Africa.
Seite 328 - Boussa, near the river side — There is before this village a rock across the whole breadth of the river. One part of the rock is very high : there is a large opening in that rock in the form of a door, which is the only passage for the water to pass through ; the tide current is here very strong.
Seite 82 - We have already embarked all our things, and shall sail the moment I have finished this letter. I do not intend to stop or land any where, till we reach the coast: which I suppose will be some time in the end of January We shall then embark in the first vessel for England. If we have to go round by the West Indies, the voyage will occupy three months longer; so that we expect to be in England on the first of May. The reason of our delay since we left the coast was the rainy season, which came on...
Seite 64 - I had forty men and forty-two asses to look after, besides the constant trouble of packing and weighing bundles, palavering with the negroes, and laying plans for our future success. I never was so busy in my life.
Seite 328 - The army went and took possession of the top of this opening. Mr. Park came there after the army had posted itself: he, nevertheless, attempted to pass. The people began to attack him, throwing lances, pikes, arrows, and stones. Mr. Park defended himself for a long time...
Seite 328 - Park defended himself for a long time; two of the slaves at the stern of the canoe were killed ; they threw every thing they had in the canoe into the river, and kept firing, but being overpowered by numbers and fatigue, and unable to keep up the canoe against the current, and no probability of escaping, Mr. Park took hold of one of the white men and jumped into the water; Martyn did the same, and they were drowned in the stream in attempting to escape.