LIFE OF MUNGO PARK. Iv 
ing over to the Senegal to march by such route as you shall 
find most eligible, to the banks of the Niger. 
" The great object of yoiir journey will be to pursue the 
course of this river to the utmost possible distance to which 
it can be traced ; to establish communication and inter- 
course with the different nations on the banks ; to obtain 
all the local knowledge in your power respecting them ; 
and to acertain the various points stated in the Memoir 
which you delivered to me on the 4th of October last. 
And you will be then at liberty to pursue your route 
homewards by any line you shall think most secure, either 
by taking a new direction through the Interior towards the 
Atlantic, or by marching upon Cairo by taking the route 
leading to Tripoli. 
" You are hereby empowered to draw for any sum that 
you may be in want of, not exceeding 5000. upon the 
Lords of His Majesty's Treasury, or upon such mercantile 
banking-house in London as you may fix upon. 
I am, &c. 
CAMDEN. 
To Mungo Parky Esq. 
SfQ. Sfc. 8^c» 
The preparations for the expedition being now entirely 
completed. Park, together with Mr. Anderson and Mr. 
Scott, proceeded to Portsmouth, where they were joined 
by four or five artificers, from the dock-yards appointed for 
the service ; and after waiting some time for a wind, they 
at last set sail in the Crescent transport, on the 30th of 
January, 1805, and arrived at Port Praya Bay in the Cape 
