CHAPTER VI. 
MR PARK'S FIRST JOURNEY. 
Arrival of Mr Park. — Pisania — Yani— Medina — Bondou — 
Kajaaga — Kasson — Kaarta. — Account of the Lotas, — War 
between Kaarta and Bambara. — Travels and detention in 
Ludamar. — Escape through the Wilderness to Bambara. — 
Travels in Bambara to Silla, and return along the Niger, 
— Travels in Manding, and hospitable reception at Kama- 
liah. — Travels in Jallonkadoo. — Konkodoo, Satadoo, and 
Dentila. — Account oj ' Foota-Torra. — Return to Pisania. 
Though the circumstances attendant on the fate 
of Major Houghton remained in obscurity, the 
intelligence of his death was soon fully confirmed. 
The Association, however, were not discouraged, 
but sought immediately for another to supply his 
place. They were so fortunate as to engage a gen- 
tleman of the most peculiar and splendid qualifi- 
cations. Mr Mungo Park, a native of Scotland, born 
near Selkirk, who had received a medical education at 
Edinburgh, and was lately returned from a voyage to 
the East Indies, inflamed with an ardent desire of ex- 
ploring these unknown regions, was proposed, at his 
own desire, to the Association, by the President of 
the Royal Society, and, after satisfying the commit- 
tee with respect to his skill in astronomy, geography, 
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