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park's second journey. 
when Amadi represents himself to have remind- 
ed Mr Park that his engagement terminated here, 
and to have taken his leave. The narrative con- 
tinues : — 
Next day (Saturday) Mr Park departed, and 
" Amadi slept in the village (Yaour). Next 
** morning Amadi went to the king to pay his re- 
" spects to him. On entering the house he found 
" two men who came on horseback, who were 
" sent by the chief of Yaour. They said to the 
" king, * We are sent by the chief of Yaour to let 
" you know, that the white men went away with- 
" out giving you or him any thing ; they have a 
" great many things with them, and we have re- 
" ceived nothing from them ; and this Amadi 
" Fatouma now before you is a bad man, and has 
" likewise made a fool of you both.* The king 
" immediately ordered Amadi to be put in irons, 
" which was accordingly done, and every thing 
" he had was taken from him ; some were for kill- 
" ing him, and some for preserving his life. The 
" next morning early, the king sent an army to a 
" village called Boussa, by the river side. There 
" is before this village a rock across the whole 
" breadth of the river. One part of the rock is 
" very high ; there is a large opening in this rock 
" in the form of a door, which is the only passage 
" for the water to pass through ; and the tide cur- 
" rent here is very strong. Their army went and 
