34& MR park's first journey. 
fused to leave Mr Park while he remained at Koo- 
niakary. On his way to Kooniakary, he visited 
Soola, where Salim Daucari, a respectable slatee, on 
whom he had a letter of credit from Dr Laidley, 
was accustomed to reside. Here he was received 
with the utmost attention ; but, in a few hours, a 
messenger arrived from the king of Kasson, to de- 
mand the reason of this delay. Mr Park proceed- 
ed immediately to Kooniakary, and, next day, in the 
presence of an immense concourse of people, had 
an audience of his majesty, by whom he was very 
favourably received, and who appeared to be satis- 
fied with the account of his journey. The king of 
Kasson informed him of the approaching war, in 
which all the neighbouring countries would be ne- 
cessarily involved, but agreed to allow him a guide 
into Kaarta. Mr Park desired a guide to conduct 
him into Fooladoo ; but the king replied, that he 
was bound, by an agreement with the king of 
Kaarta, to send all merchants and travellers into his 
territories, and therefore could not, in consistence 
with justice, allow him a guide by any other route. 
During his residence at Soolo, for a few days, till 
the messengers returned who had been sent to as- 
certain the state of the adjacent country, Mr Park 
was subjected to new impositions, from a rumour 
arising that he had received a great quantity of 
gold from Salim Daucari. The kingdom of Kas- 
son is a beautiful level country, the population 
