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ADDENDA. 
For the greater part of theVollowing anecdotes the edi- 
tor is indebted to the information of Mr. Walter Scott, 
communicated with his characteristic kindness and libe- 
rality. The most important of them, indeed, are related 
from Mr. Scott's personal knowledge, and derive no small 
additional value from being stamped with the name of so 
very distinguished and intelligent an observer. 
Mr. Park's connection with Mr. Scott commenced only 
in the year 1804, during his last residence at Fowlshiels, 
immediately before his last mission to Africa. The latter 
was at that time residing with his family, for the summer, 
at Ashesteil, a country house in that neighbourhood, and na- 
turally sought an acquaintance with Mr. Park, which was 
speedily matured into a sincere and cordial friendship. To 
this many congenial circumstances in the tastes and habits 
of the respective parties, materially contributed. Among 
other interesting parts of Mr. Park's character, it deserves 
to be mentioned, that he was a great lover of poetry, and 
though not distinguished by poetical talents, had occa- 
sionally been a writer of verses from his early youth. The 
Border Minstrelsy, both of ancient and modern times, was 
the object of his patriotic admiration ; and he cherished a 
fond recollection of the tales, traditions, and ballads, by 
which the whole of that classic region of Scotland, and 
more especially the banks of the Yarrow, his native stream, 
are so remarkably distinguished. A slight but very pleas- 
ing instance of this feeling, naturally and happily ex- 
pressed, occurs in the Journal of his last Mission. After 
mentioning that he had been under the necessity of leav- 
ing William Allen, a sick soldier, at Nummasoolo, and 
