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ADDENDA. 
Mr. Scott confirms the truth of what is said in the Me- 
moir respecting- Mr. Park's cold and reserved manners 
towards persons with whom he was unacquainted. In ad- 
dition to which he observes that Mr. Park always felt 
embarrassed by those indirect enquiries which strangers, to 
avoid the apparent rudeness of blunt interrogations, were 
apt to make concerning his travels. " This practice," he 
remarked, " exposed him to two risques ; either that he 
*' might not understand the questions meant to be put, or 
" that his own answers might be misconstrued ; and, in 
" either case, wliat he said was likely to be reported inac- 
" curately." He used to complain greatly of this false 
delicacy in persons who were commonly introduced to 
him ; contrasting it with the conduct of Dr. Fergusson, 
who, the first day on which Park dined at Hallyards, 
spread a large map of Africa before him, and made the 
traveller trace out his journey, inch by inch, questioning 
him minutely as to every part of the expedition, and ex- 
pecting distinct and precise answers to each enquiry. In 
this case, however, Mr. Scott justly observes, that Dr. Fer- 
gusson was using a privilege to which he was well entitled 
by his venerable age and high literary character, but 
which could not with propriety have been exercised by any 
common stranger. 
Calling one day at Fowlshiels upon Park and not find- 
ing him at home, Mr. Scott walked in search of him along 
the banks of the Yarrow, which is there a romantic stream, 
running among rocks, and forming deep eddies and pools. 
In a short time he found the traveller employed in plunging 
large stones into the river, and watching with anxious 
