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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
reached Silla, the spot where Mungo Park completed his 
first journey. 
“ After two days’ navigation we reached Djenneh. 
In passing Dibby, three boats, filled with negroes armed 
with lances and arrows, but without fire-arms, approached 
us. AYe had passed successively Racbara and Timbuctoo, 
when we were pursued by these boats, which we re¬ 
pulsed with difficulty, and only after killing several 
natives. At Gourouma we were attacked by seven boats, 
but succeeded in repulsing them. Constant skirmishes 
ensued, with heavy loss to the blacks, until we reached 
Kaffo, where we remained for a day. AVe then pro¬ 
ceeded down the river as far as Carmusse, and anchored 
off Gournou. Next day we perceived a Moorish detach¬ 
ment, who allowed us to pass. 
“ AYe then entered the country of Houssa. Next- 
day we reached Yaouri, and sent Amadi Fatouma 
into the town, with presents for the chief and to pur¬ 
chase food. The negro, before accepting the presents, 
inquired if the white traveller intended to revisit his 
country. Mungo Park, to whom the question was re¬ 
ported, replied that he should never return.” 
It is supposed that these words brought about his 
death. The negro chief, once convinced that he should 
not see Mungo Park again, determined to keep the 
presents intended for his king. 
Meantime, Amadi Fatouma reached the king’s resi¬ 
dence, at some distance from the river. The prince, 
warned of the presence of the white men, sent an army 
next day to the small village of Boussa, on the river¬ 
side. AYhen the Djoliba appeared it was assailed by a 
shower of stones and arrows. Park threw his baggage 
into the river, and jumped in with his companions. All 
perished. 
Thus miserably died the first Englishman who had 
navigated the Djoliba and visited Timbuctoo. Many 
efforts were made in the same direction, but almost all 
were destined to fail. 
At the end of the eighteenth century, two of Lin¬ 
naeus’s best pupils explored the south of Africa in the 
