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side and behind him, which had been given to him by Mr. 
Park. He had on his military coat, which he is obliged 
to wear when he sends out an army, and cannot leave off 
until the army returns. He commonly wears dresses of 
white or blue cotor, or silk, with a great many gris-gris, 
covered with plates of gold or silver, sewed about his 
dresses. I sat down on one side of him, and my landlord 
on the other side. After the usual salutations, I laid before 
him the drum, the two blunderbusses, the bed, the two 
hogs, the scarlet cloth, &c. and one dog.* I said to him : 
" Maxwell, Governor of Senegal, salutes you, and sends 
his compliments to you ; here is the present which Man- 
chong (or Mansong) your father asked of Mr. Park, and 
which he promised to send him." He said, " Is the Go- 
vernor well ?" I said, " Yes, he is well, and desired me to 
beg your assistance in his endeavours to discover what is 
become of Mr. Park, and ascertain whether he is dead or 
alive ; and that you would give me a vessel to facilitate 
my voyage ; and the Governor will reward you for so 
doing." He replied, " What does the Governor mean to 
give me ?" I said, " If you render me all the assistance in 
your power, the Governor will give you two hundred bars." 
He asked me, how the Governor could give him that sum, 
being so far from him ? I told him, the Governor, it was 
* The other got away on leaving Mariancounda, and was lost. 
