m 
MUNGO PARK'S 
Zenith Distance 
7 21 37 
Decl. 
20 55 10 
Latitude 
13 33 33 
Departing from Sooteetabba as soon as the heat of the day 
was over, we crossed the first range of hills. Mr. Anderson 
and I ascended the top of one of the hills, which from the 
amazing fine prospect all round, I have named Panorama 
Hill ; it has a sugar-loaf looking top, with a number of 
wolf-holes in it. The route across the hill, though very 
drfiicult for the asses, was extremely beautiful. In the 
evening we descended into a romantic valley, where we 
found plenty of water, being one of the remote branches 
of Nealo Koba. There was plenty of fish in the pools ; but 
they were too deep to catch them with the hands. Close 
to the stream are the ruins of the village of Doofroo, 
destroyed by the Dentila people some time ago. This is 
considered as an excellent place for shooting elephants ; 
we saw the fresh dung and feet marks of many of them 
near the stream. Watched for an eclipse of Jupiter's first 
satellite, but the planet became clouded. 
May 26th. — At day-break ascended from the plain of 
Doofroo, and travelled over a rugged country, till ten 
o'clock, when we met a coffle (at a watering place called 
Sootinimma) bound for Gambia to redeem a person who 
