CHAPTER VI. 
MR park's first JOURNEY. 
Arrival of Mr Park, — Pisania — Yani — Medina — Bondou^ 
Kajaaga — Kasson Kaarta. — Account of the Lotus. — War 
between Kaarta and Bambara, — Travels and detention in 
Ludamar, — Escape through the Wilderness to Bambara. -—■ 
Travels in Bambara to Silla, and return along the Niger. 
' — Travels in Manding, and hospitable reception at Kama* 
liah. — Travels in Jallonkadoo. — Konhodoo, Satadoo, and 
Dentila. — Account of Foota-Torra. — Return to Pisania. 
Though the circumstances attendant on the fate 
of Major Houghton remained in obscurity, the 
intelHgence of his death was soon fully confirmed. 
The Association, however, were not discouraged, 
•but sought immediately for another to supply his 
place. They were so fortunate as to engage a gen- 
tleman of the most peculiar and splendid qualifi- 
cations. Mr Mungo Park, a native of Scotland, * 
born near Selkirk, who had received a medical 
education at Edinburgh, and was lately returned 
from a voyage to the East Indies, inflamed with 
an ardent desire of exploring these unknown re- 
gions, was proposed, at his own desire, to the As- 
sociation, by the President of the Royal Society, 
