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park's first journey. 
three great rivers, the Senegal, the Gambia, and 
the Niger. He explained to us the method of pro- 
selytism, by which the Mahometan religion is pro- 
pagated among the negroes; and he illustrated 
the history of the ancient Lotophagi. He restored 
to the Niger its ancient course, and by this means 
rendered intelligible the descriptions of the inte- 
rior, which were formerly involved in inextricable 
confusion. It is impossible, in taking a tem- 
porary leave of Mr Park, not to pay a tribute to 
the sagacity and prudence with which he prose- 
cuted his design, the intrepidity with which he 
encountered the most formidable dangers, and 
the perseverance wdth which he surmounted the 
obstacles which presented themselves to his pro« 
gress. 
