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park's second journey. 
appears doubtless to have been the most prudent 
course. Yet the censure of Park for not adopt- 
ing it has perhaps been carried too far. We al- 
lude not merely to the reluctance with which, in a 
state of mind so exalted and enthusiastic, he could 
resolve to suspend all his operations, and linger for 
six months on the shores of the Gambia ; but in 
fact he calculated, and upon very plausible 
grounds, that he might reach the Niger by the 
middle of June, the mere commencement of the 
rainy season. He foresaw not the casualties by 
which his progress would be impeded, and proba- 
bly was not aware of the frequency and fatal 
effects of the previous tornadoes, no mention of 
which occurs in his first journey. On arriving at 
Pisania, it was found necessary to purchase a few 
additional asses, which, along with other arrange- 
ments, detained him for six days. He left Pisania 
on the 4th May, and arrived at Jindey on the 
5th. Here he observed the process used for dye- 
ing cotton cloths, of which there was a large 
ijianufactory. A ley being formed by filtrating 
water through the wood ashes of two species of 
Mimosa, is then poured into a pot, about a quar- 
ter filled with indigo leaves. After being fre- 
quently stirred, in the course of ten days, it 
affords the dye required. The operation is per- 
formed without any mordant, by merely dipping 
the cloth repeatedly in the liquid, and hanging it 
