park's first journey. 
theme. " The winds roared, and the rains fell. 
" The poor white man, faint and weary, came and 
" sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring 
" him milk, no wife to grind his corn.— Cy^orw^. 
Let us pity the white man — no mother has he,'* 
&c. Mr Park was deeply affected by this instance 
of kindness to an unprotected stranger, but the on- 
ly mark of gratitude in his power to bestow, was to 
present his benevolent hostess with two of the four 
brass buttons which remained on his waistcoat.— 
Next morning a messenger arrived from the king 
of Bambarra, who inquired if Mr Park had 
brought any present, and was informed that he 
had been robbed of every thing by the Moors. 
He departed, and, in the afternoon, another mes- 
senger announced the order of the king to leave 
the vicinity of Sego, and presented him with 
5000 cowries, which Mansong, desirous of reliev- 
ing a white man, had sent him to purchase pro- 
visions on his journey. Mr Park estimates 
cowries at the value of a shilling ; and such is 
the proportion between their value and the price 
of provisions, that a man and his horse can subsist 
upon 100 for ^4 hours. From the messenger, 
who was instructed to conduct him to Sansanding, 
if he intended to visit Jenne, he learned that the 
king of Bambarra had only been deterred from 
admitting him to his presence by the violence of 
the Moors, and the apprehension that it would be 
