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MR PARK'S SECOND JOURNEY. 
" ed Amadi to be put in irons, which was accord- 
" ingly done, and every thing he had was taken 
" from him ; some were for killing him, and some 
" for preserving his life. The next morning early, 
" the king sent an army to a village called Boussa, 
" by the river side. There is before this village 
" a rock across the whole breadth of the river. 
" One part of the rock is very high ; there is a 
" large opening in this rock in the form of a door, 
" which is the only passage for the water to pass 
" through ; and the tide current here, is very 
" strong. Their army went and took possession 
" of the top of this opening. Mr Park came there 
" after the army had posted itself ; and he never- 
" theless attempted to pass. The people began to 
" attack him, throwing lances, pikes, arrows, and 
" stones. Mr Park defended himself for a long 
" time ; two of his slaves at the stern of the canoe 
" were killed ; they threw every thing they had in 
" the canoe into the river, and kept firing; but 
" being overpowered by numbers and fatigue, and 
" unable to keep up the canoe against the current, 
" and seeing no probability of escaping, Mr Park 
" took hold of one of the white men, and jumped 
" into the water. Martyn did the same, and they 
M were drowned in the stream, in attempting to 
"escape. The only slave that remained in the 
" boat, seeing the natives persist in throwing wea- 
c< pons sit the canoe without ceasing, stood up and 
