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miles before him. This is one of the moil agreeable phe- 

 nomena I ever had an opportunity of remarking on the 

 great obfervatory of Germany." 



JII. An Account of Mr. Park's Journey into the Interior 

 Parts of Africa. From the Proceedings of the African 

 Aflbciation, 1798. 



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H E city of Sego, at which Mr. Park had now arrived, 

 confided of four divifions or quarters, two on each fide of 

 the water ; and each of them being furrounded by a mud 

 wall, it had the appearance of four diftinct towns. The 

 houfes are built of clay, and have flat roofs ; but fome of 

 them have two (lories, and many are white-wafhed. Be- 

 fides thefe buildings, Moorifb mofques are feen in every 

 quarter. Thefe objects, with the numerous boats on the 

 river, a crowded population, and the cultivated ftate of the 

 furrounding country, formed altogether a profpect of civi- 

 lifation and magnificence which our traveller little expected 

 to find in the bofom of Africa. From the beft inquiries he 

 could make, he had reafon to believe that the place contained 

 altogether about 30,000 inhabitants. 



The boats on the Niger are formed of the trunks of two 

 large trees rendered concave, and joined together, not fide 

 by fide, but lengthways, the junction being exactly acrofs 

 the middle of the boat. They are therefore very long, and 

 difproportionably narrow ; and have neither decks nor malls : 

 they are however roomy. Mr. Park obferved in one of them 

 four horfes and a great many people crofling at a ferry. 



To this ferry Mr. Park proceeded, intending to crofs 

 over to the largeft quarter of the city, where he was in- 

 formed the king of Bambara held his refidence; but the 

 number of people preffing for a paflage was fuch as to pre- 

 vent his embarkation. 



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