MR PARK'S SECOND JOURNEY* 4*5 f 
determination to follow the same course with every 
white man who should come into his power. All ap- 
prehensions, however, were dissipated, by the arrival 
of the king's " singing-man," who declared Man- 
song's high satisfaction with the presents which 
Isaaco had brought, and invited Park to Sego, to 
make a formal delivery of them in person. Park 
was eager to depart ; but the Bambarran laureate 
being much attached to good cheer, which was fur- 
nished very copiously by the Dooty of Marraboo, 
could not be prevailed upon to embark till the 
l£th. After passing Koollikorro and Yamina, 
Park arrived at Samee, where he met with Isaaco* 
A new arrangement had been made ; according to 
which Modibinne, the prime minister, was to come 
to this place to receive the presents. Isaaco stated, 
that the king always assured him that the party 
should be permitted to pass, but whenever he at- 
tempted to enter into particulars, his majesty be- 
gan to construct squares and triangles with his 
finger upon the sand \ nor was it possible, during 
the rest of the interview, to withdraw his mind 
from that geometrical operation. Isaaco hence in- 
ferred, that he laboured under some secret dread* 
probably of a superstitious kind, with regard to the 
Europeans ; especially as he had always shunned 
every arrangement, which could lead to a personal 
interview with them* 
On the 22d September, Modibinne made his 
