ADVERTISEMENT. 
dence with Mr. Park, and of his papers relating to this 
•subject, but has in every other respect assisted and pro- 
moted the present undertaking with a kindness and 
liberality, proportioned to his sincere and constant friend- 
ship for Mr. Park, and to his uniform zeal for whatever 
he considers to be in any degree connected with useful 
knowledge and scientific discovery. 
It remains only to say a few words respecting the Map, 
which is prefixed to this publication. — The readers of Mr. 
Park's former Travels are already apprized, that the map 
which accompanied that work, was constructed by Major 
Rennell, whose interesting Geographical Memoir in illus- 
tration of Mr. Park's first journey, was also annexed to 
the quarto edition. It would have been highly gratifying 
to the editor of this work, and most satisfactory to the 
public, if the same valuable assistance could have been 
obtained on the present occasion. But unfortunately. 
Major Rennell's other engagements rendered this wholly 
impracticable. He had the kindness, however, to furnish 
the editor with some notes which he had taken, and with 
a construction of part of Mr. Park's route in 1805, which 
he had traced out from the Journal now published, when 
it was formerly submitted to his inspection. 
These papers together with Mr. Park's Journal, were 
placed in the hands of a respectable artist, employed by 
the publisher to construct the map intended to illustrate 
