MR PARK'S SECOND JOURNEY. 
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He admitted, that, if the Niger should have an in- 
land termination, his return would be extremely dif- 
ficult, and even next to impossible ; the only chance 
of success being by the Gulf of Guinea ; but he ap- 
pears to have laboured under very small apprehen- 
sions of such a disappointment. He demanded, 
as requisite for carrying his views into effect, thirty- 
six Europeans, six of whom should be artificers, 
and the rest soldiers ; asses for conveying the bag- 
gage ; tools for constructing the boats \ and a va- 
riety of articles for trade and presents to the na- 
tives. His views were met by Government with the 
utmost liberality ; the governor of Goree was in- 
structed to supply him with the number of soldiers 
required ; a command of money was given to the 
extent of five thousand pounds, and a liberal re- 
muneration was secured, as a just reward for the 
accomplishment of this great undertaking. 
Mr Park arrived at Goree on the 28th May. 
The selection of the persons who were to accom- 
pany him, and all the various preliminary arrange- 
ments, could not be completed in less than a month, 
and it was the 27th of April before he was able to 
set out from Kayee, a village near Pisania. It 
was then certainly a subject of very serious con- 
sideration, whether he ought not to have delayed 
his journey till the close of the rainy season ; and 
to us, who can coolly consider the question, such ap- 
