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consequence of the pistol which he wore acci- 
dentally going off ; and he flattered himself that 
this pistol might be one which had been received 
as part of the price of his captivity. A messen- 
ger was immediately sent to Job's father, inform- 
ing him of his feon's arrival, and requesting an 
escort to conduct him home. He waited impa- 
tiently four months the return of this courier. 
When the news at last came, they were rather of 
a gloomy description. The father had died al- 
most immediately after learning the return of his 
son ; and the country was then in a very distract- 
ed state, in consequence of a long war in which 
it had been involved. Job was deeply afflicted 
by this information, but determined immediately 
to set out for Bunda. As he was departing, how- 
ever, Moore, to whom we are indebted for these 
last particulars, left Africa ; and no farther tid- 
ings, so far as we can learn, ever reached Europe 
respecting this young African prince. 
There seems little doubt, that the Bunda, de- 
scribed as the native country of Job, must have 
been the Bondou of Park, situated on the Upper 
Senegal, immediately to the east of Foota Torra. 
Job reported, indeed, that Tombuctoo lay on the 
opposite side of the river ; a statement, the cor- 
rectness of which is placed totally out of the ques- 
tion by the smallness of the interval intervening 
between it and the Gambia. Tombuctoo is appa,- 
