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venerable afpect, but of a felfifh difpofition. He had never 

 teen, he faid, but one white man before, and, on describing 

 him, it was known to be Major Houghton. The circum- 

 flance of having a white man under his roof was highly 

 gratifying to the vanity of Tigetee-Sego, on account of the 

 great number of the natives who reforted to fee him. He. 

 therefore compelled our traveller to remain with him twelve 

 days, and afterwards to take a journey of two days more to 

 prefent himfelf to the king at his capital of Kooniakary, 

 who detained him another fortnight, but in other refpefts 

 behaved to him with great kindnefs and hofpitality. Of this 

 prince, whofe name was Demba Sego Jalla, Mr. Park re- 

 ceived the firft certain account of Major Houghton's death. 



Being permitted at length to leave the capital, Mr. Park 

 profecuted his journey eaftward, and in five days arrived at 

 Kemnoo, a large and populous town (fince deftroyed), at that 

 time the metropolis of Kaarta. The Sovereign, whofe name 

 was Dayfi Koorabarri, received Mr. Park with great kind- 

 nefs. Major Houghton was the only European he had ever 

 before feen, and he had conceived the higheft idea of the 

 fuperiofity of the whites to the blacks in all poffible refpects. 

 The language of the country feemed to Mr. Park to be a 

 mixture of the Mandingo and Sera-Woolli : but the pure 

 Mandingo, in the attainment of which Mr. Park by this 

 time had made confiderable proficiency, was very generally 

 understood, and with very little affiftance from his inter- 

 preter he found no difficulty in conveying his own fenti- 

 ments, and comprehending others. 



Having informed the king that hepropofed going to Bam- 

 bara in fearch of the Joliba river, which was believed to take 

 its courfe through the centre of that extenfive kingdom, he 

 was told that, the Bambarans being at that time in a ftate of 

 warfare with the Kaartans, he could not without extreme 

 perfonal danger venture into the Bambaran country. His 

 only fafe route was a northerly courfe to Ludamar, a terri- 

 tory of the Moors in alliance with Manfong the king pf 



Bambara: 



