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day of your departure with the same resignation that I do on mine. IVfy hope 

 is now approaching to a certainty. If 1 be deceived, may God alone put me 

 right, for I wd rather die in the delusion than wake to all the joys of earth. 

 May the Holy Spirit dwell for ever in yr heart, my dear friend, and if I never 

 see my native land again may I rather see the green sod on yr grave than 

 868 you anything but a Christian. Farewell. 



(Signed) MUNGO PARK. 



To his Wife. 



London, March 12th, 1801. 



My lovely Ailie, 



Nothing gives me more pleasure than to write to you, and the 

 reason why I delayed it a day last time, was to get some money to send you 

 wh I hope you have received. You say you are wishing to spend a note 

 upon yourself; my sweet Ailie, you may be sure I approve of it, what is mine 

 is yours, and I receive much pleasure from yr Igoodness in consulting me abt 

 Buch a trifle. I wish I had thousands to give you but I know that my Ella 

 will be contented with what we have, and we shall live in the hope of seeing 

 better days, 1 long very much to be with you my love, and I was in great 

 hopes of having things settled before now, but " Sir Joseph " is ill and 

 I can do nothing till he recovers. 



I am happy to know you will go to New South "Wales with me, my sweet 

 wife you are everythiog that I could desire, and wherever we go, you may 

 be sure of one thing, that I shall always love you. Whenever I have fixed 

 on this or any other situation I shall write to you, in the meantime let nobody 

 know till things are settled, as there is much between the cup and the lip. 



My lovely Ailie, you are constantly in my thoughts I am tired of this place 

 but cannot lose the present opportunity of doing something for our advantage. 

 When that is wccomplished I shall not lose one moment. My Darling, when 

 we meet I shall be the happiest man on earth. I had a letter fr my brother 

 Adam on Monday, by this time he has sailed for India. Write soon for I 

 count the days till I hear fr you, my lovely Ailie. Yrs ever, 



(Signed) MUNGO PARK. 



Notice of an Urn Jound at Manden^aton, Berwickshire. By 

 John Turnbull, Esq., W.S., F.S.A. Scot. Plate I. Fig. 1, 



In the Parish of Manderston about 150 yards south of the 

 west gate is a somewhat abrupt rise in the ground of 10 or 12 

 feet. In digging material in the early part of July, 1882, from 

 this slope to fill up a hollow in the approach to the house, and 

 just on the top of the slope, a Cist containing an Urn was laid 

 open. The workman's piok had passed between the stones 

 forming the Oist — tore away the stone at the east end of it, and 



