ACCOUNT OF THE 
Park, is the vast magnitude of that stream ; an extraordi- 
nary fact, considering its situation and inland course, and 
which has led, as will hereafter be seen, to several interest- 
ing conjectures respecting the course and the termination 
of that river. 
In addition to these discoveries relative to the pht/sical 
state of Africa, others were made by Park scarcely less 
important, in what may be termed it^ moral geography ; 
namely, the kind and amiable dispositions of the Negro 
inhabitants of the Interior, as contrasted with the intole- 
rance and brutal ferocity of the Moors ; the existence of 
great and populous cities in the heart of Africa ; and the 
higher state of improvement and superior civilization of the 
inhabitants of the interior, on a comparison with the inha- 
bitants of the countries adjoining to the coast. 
To this it may be added, that the work in question 
contains many interesting details not before known, con- 
cerning the face of the country, its soil and productions, as 
well as the condition of the inhabitants ; their principal 
occupations, and their manners and habits of life ; and the 
anecdotes which are interspersed, illustrative of the cha- 
racter and disposition of the Negro inhabitants at a distance 
from the coast, and beyond the influence of the Slave 
Trade, are in the highest degree interesting and affecting.* 
The difficulties and dangers endured by the author in 
traversing this unknown continent ; and the rare union of 
prudence, temper and perseverance, with the greatest 
ardour and enterprise, which distinguished his conduct in 
the most trying situations, give an additional value to 
* See especially the following passages in Park's Travels, p. 82, 11)7; 336. 
