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BY THOMAS W. LORUAIN, ^
TWO BOOM ?>U>W TUB I1ANH, AH I) MUTT AROVH CUSTOM**,
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BIOGRAPHICAL.
MUNKO 1'AIIK'B I.I IK AMI I.WT JOOJtNBY. "
{CwttouM/hmflii 10.)-.?1 < *Y
On the 10th June they had two tornadoes, Ac
companied with drenching rain, which covered
the ground three inchci deep. -
" The t<?ruado which took place on our arrival had on
bwtaiit effcct on the health of 0?r aoldiera,and proved
to tn the beginning or narrow. I hud proudly flattered
myaeir that \vp should ?t*eU the Niger with a very tpo*
derate lota i but now the rain alt in. and 1 trembled to
think we were not more than hull' through our loumey.
The rain had not.eommtnced three minutes before ma?
ny of tlio tttldlerr were affected with vomiting ? o titer*
fell aktecp, andiecmed m though intoxicated. I felt a
strong inclination to sleep during the atom i and aa aoon
ns it ?u over 1 fell aateep op the wet ground, althougli
1 uaed every exertion to keep myself awnke. The sol
diers likcwiae Ml asleep on the wet bundle*."? p. 54.
At Shrondn, Park obtained permission of the
Donty or chief magistrate to visit the gold mines,
which he found to lie nothing: more than wells'
or pit* about ten or twelve feet deep, on a small
meadow spot of about four or five acre* extent.
The gold was obtained in minute particles by
wnnhing, of which there is given a particular
description with figures, (p. 55, ctseq.} At
Dindikou were similar pits, but the search for
?old did not seem to interfere with the more
important pursuit of agriculture } for thomoun
tains were cultivated to their summits. They
arc described to be of a coarse, reddish granite,
composed of red felspar, white guart7. and black
shorl. " The village"," says Park, "on tliene
mountains are romantic beyond any thing lever
saw. They arc built in the most delightful glens
of the mountains j they have a plenty qf water
and {trass at all seasons | they have cattle c
notigh for their own use, and their superfluous
fcain nurchases all their luxuries; and while the
thunder rolls in awful grandeur overjtheir heads,
they can look ft om tlieir tremendous precipices
over till that wiltl and woody plain which ex
tends from the Falemo to the Black river."
Lieut. Martyn and half the people were now
(June 13) either sick of tho fever or unable^ to
make exertion, many of tltmn slightly 'Mrious
? " very uneasy about our situation," says Park.
Having reached Pankia, they here quittedjhla
former route and struck off to the no&ward.
In the Hteep ami rocky pans of the Tathbaura
diers unable to walk, black fellows atealilii W
in fa< t it certainly Wan uphill tcorfc with us at
this | lace." /ttHerimnnna, two of tho soldiers
wcte ?? ill that we were obliged to leave them in
the care of the dooty. On tlie I8th. Park him
self became very sick* and from thfe lime scarce
ly a day passed but aome of the party lay down
unable t?nirocccd. Tlie country, however, was
b-.Mtitiful fit romantic beyond description j ** the
says Park, " between tho Ba-fing and
Ba^'ee is rugged and granid beyond any thing I
fwv* .neon fwTfcft thO people seem to We but
little* compiiaalon for their situation, of which,
indeed t>??V tOok ad vantage by robber v.and ex
tortion a V *vc7 village they approached. In
crossing t>> "??fihijrJit Konkroino, a canoe, in
which were ^hreo soldiers, Jjpset, and one of
tin' in was dro It wag here a large river,
and full of hip.^taini.
On the .10th Ju Messrs. Anderson and Scott
fell sick of the fe\vrf aovcral of the party had
died, Or were left lie '''Mm! in a dying state. Tor
nadoes were frequent ?*?? ? they were
di.Ht'jrucd wilhthepro *'hig of lions about tlie
tenf-.J One of the *ean **.n became so Ml, that
lie bcjfccd tu lie left in t ? woodli A loaded
piKloifwaK put by Imh side *ttd amnc catridges
put iifto hi* {tat. '*
lo Ironing the lla-Wnolin; t^Issaco met with
a ?ti n|i<e itud nearly fatal ad% *?nture. lit at
teniptlig to drive six astes acros. 1 the river, just
as he l?id reached the uiithlle, a c rocodile rose
close tl? him, and instantly seized .him by the
le? am! instantly pulled him under t^'O water.
ith wonderful presence of mind, hi* felt the
head of the animal, and thrust his finger' into iU
r\ e ? this f ?- f < (Th fiupiit lts hold \ but i< aoon
.however < ? f . .-d to the charge, and seir^l him
r\ iv the other thiyh, nuajn pulled htm under wa
ter. Isaaco Imd recourse lotho samp expedie nt
ii ml tin o-t hi ?* Angrrf a second' time into us eye ?
w ith "tich force that avuiii <|uit(ed him, rose
tn the Mirface, fluunileied about as if stupid, and
then f Mam down the stream. f?aa& in
mealitime readied tlie >.hore? bleeding very
much | the wound in the left thigh being' fqtir
inches long, that on therbht noioewliat lens, hut
, vert deep. Itesides several siti^lo teeJh marks
. ?ii hia back. In siv dayn he recovered so as to
<e ablO'to travel j but this delay of nix days
brought them so much deeper into the rainy rea
son. Park himself continued very sick, and un
able to st^pjl erect without feeling a tendency
t?? l?int? a l?o " all tho people either sick or in a
Mate of great debility, e\4>pt one.'' While
ihe\ hailed here, 'r ever, to tTicir great anton
iohmeiit,the neauian, wlio had la?en left beliiml
in the woods, came ufi, perfectly naked, having
heen strinped of Idn clotheH by'thr^e of (lie na
tivea. 'I he poor AillOw dietl a fow days after.
On the ' Hh July, travelling N. Usest,' tliey
reached Keminoomor Matpakorro, a Mrong for
iitied town, surrounded by walls and a ditch.?
I lie jteople here all thieves, and es|>eclally the
king it Hons, olio of whom had tlie impudence to
snatch Park*# musket out of his hands and ran
I w*thit| and while he wa? pursuing h|m a
bother of thb rtyri descendants bad nude free
with M* great fcoat. They, attempted to steal
Itli uici, and succeeded in carry it* off various
parts 0/ tHeir;.be?a?v Botne ofthe people
who had accpmp^w them told those oT Ma
rccna, to whlchplace they werenow appro*c
log, " that the Ooffle was a l^mmuUrong,
therefore resolved to come In foMheir alia
ich
ong, .a
fair game for
tlareeuawere
N .. .r. :ihelr share,
and according '
the n
now
ffctlt, ? n<pp?i , |?VV(HV1 r ">f" "
ever, brought' them uptO the town. On the 2 2d
they reached Mangos?!, a latrge and populous
town, better fortified than even MaoisVprro. ?
Here one of the people died, and another was
left in a djing stato ? nnd scarcely had thev left
thetown, when three of the soldiers, ami one
of the carpenters, lay down under a tree, and
refused to proceed. " Found myself (says Park)
very sick and faint, having. to drive my nors^be*
tore ine loaded with rice, and an ass with the.
pit saws. Came to an eminence, from which 1
(tad a view of some very distant mountains to
the east. The certainty that tho Niger washes
the southern baso of these mountains made me
forget mv fever, and I thought of mc, thing all
the way out how to climb over their bluo sum
mits." On the 3(Hh July, another man was left
with the dooty at Mummaxoloo. " I regretted
much (observes Park) leaving this man $ ne had
naturally athoerful deposition} and housed
often to beguile the \yatchcH of the night with
the songs of our dear native land." Tho whole
of tho forty asses purchased at St. Jago had ci
ther died or been abandoned on tho road, which
was a serious misfortune, as It was not easy to
purchaso others to supply their places. The
whole pf the route from ItangasMi to Koolihori
was marked with ruined towns and villages } ?
few cattle were seen, but the country abounded
with numerous wolves which it was not doubted
devoured some of the unfortunate men whom
it had been found necessary to leave behind.
On tho 6th August, they reached Oauifara,
but not without lesvinz three more of their com
panions on the road . flic rsins now fell in tor
rents, and were atttiosi perpetual, tho remainder
of the party getting worse, and Mr. Anderson
scarcely able to sit ob his horse, the bridlo of
which was held by Pal k '
ceived. in an opening bcti
> lions bounding towatf
?titer* ' . Park walked
mes; .....
see how Mr. rr
^^^..aate r and We si ? ?
ISffWwas an unwilled village
cxtctfsive corn-fields.
wit)
? It it a common observation of the iteffroet. u
where the Imlmn com is in blouom, the nonstops)
SifSpim
On tho 15th Aufrost, ^Iiey reached Doombiln,
at winch p'acoj a rk Mas met by his worthy ne
gro frienA Katfa Taura. ? lie instantly it**.
^ ~ : ? V'rJyv'K w ?,(,pc? ?i Air.
four negroes who lm<l carried Mr. Amlemon hi
Sf 'I'JP'rt* prMMdKl on their journey. (hi
?*? ??> left Toritw, ?xl'wenU tl,c
inotiotains to (he Hnutli of It <111 thrteVclncls,
bf W&SfcWSt"1"'" ^ ",he 'um
rnlt of tho riuge which teparatm the Niger from
ftOT#WW; #"? 8pm I "0?t on ?
little before, and comlngto the brow of the hill,
| or tlslfi river doubtless was, as promising an end
to, or at least an alleviation or, their toilsome
journey of more than five hundred miles, in
which privation and distress, disease and death,
had been their almost daily visitors, " tho pros*
pect,**Hays Park," appeared sometvhnt gloomy.*1
rhree-fourthn of tho soldiers had died on thel*
march, and ni> carpenters were left to build the
boats in which they were to prosccute tl ?-ir dis*
covrrioa. Of thirty*four soldiers and four car*
pouters, who left tho Gambia, only six soldiers
and ono carpenter reached the Niger! They
embarked about a mile and a half to tho east*
ward of Bamhakoo, where the current, running
%at the rate of nearly fivo miles an hour, wafted
them along without the exertion of rowing.?
\\ho river Wro was a full English utile in width,
an'.d enlarged to twice the width at tho Ilapid*,
of which there wore three principal ones, at no
f reat distance from tho pfaco of embarkation.
>? one of the islands they passed on elephant,
and neat* another three hi'pponotami j the canoe
men were afraid lest these should overset the
rant* } ami thc> speared a fine turtle. Noth*
ing can bo conceived more beautiful than the
views of thto immense river j sometimes an
smooth as a mirror, at other times ruffled with a
gentle breeze, down tho current of which the
(-anoen.HWopt atthe rata of *ix miles an hour.
Mr. Park had sine* his arrival at Mnrruboo,becn
subject to attacks of tho d ue liter y t and find*
ing his strength falling ve? fast, resolved to
charge himself with mercury. lie accordingly
took calomel to such a degree that lie could nei
ther spoiik or sleep for six days f but tho saliva
tion put in immediate stop to tho dysentery,
which had proved fatal to many of tho soldiers.
Isaaco, who had been sent forward to Hego
with a present to Mansong. king of Bambarrs,
to sccure his friendship and protection, met the
I&rtyonjkti retort) tt Sameo. bringing back the
present for which the king had Mid he would
send hi* people to Bamee. AfccordinKly, Ave
qf them brought hither a present of sunUk-wltHr ?
bullock from Mnnsonz) they came, they Mid. i
tp hear from Mr.'Parlrs own mouth what had I
brought him into Bambarra j and, having fully <
explained to them his view a and hit t motives, j
one of them answered, " We have heard what 1
you have spoken f your journey is a good one.
and may God prosper you in it ) Mansong will
protect you i we Will carry your words to Man
sjdngthis afternoon , and tomorrow we will bring
you nis answer." ? Two Hays after they return
ed with tho king's answer, which was an fol?
lows?" Mansong says he will protect you) that
a road is open for vou every where n? far as his
hand extends. If you wlsli to go to the Kast,
no man shall harm you from Scgo till you pass
Tombuctoo? the name of Mautsong's stranger
will be a sufficient protection for you. If you
wish to buil4 your boats at Samco or 8ego, at
Sahsauding, orJinnie, name the town, ami
Mansong will convey you thither." .
' Mr. Park immediately made choice of San
saving, as the most eligible place for fitting
outhis canoe, because he could live more quiet
anl'frce from beggars than ut Sego, and because
Mahsong had not expressed any desire to see
him. On their passage to this place in an open
canoe, the heat of the sun was so insufferable
US 50 make him almost delirious : " there was
?e risible heat sufficient to have roasted a sir/oin."
Onfrearhing Sansattding such crowds of people
flocked to the shore, tlmt they were obliged to
be driven awuy with sticks before tho baggage
could be landed. Here they were accommoda
ted',, with two huts, one to sit in, and another,
utynining, for the baggage. Two qf the few
remaining soldiers died at this place * and the
Iwdy of one of them w as carried away out of
tho nut during tho night by the wolves. One
would think that the activity and hutstle con
veyed by the following description, would alone
have kept theHe prowling animal* at bay.
** Kansandiftg contains, according to Kontie
Mamadie's uccount, eleven thousand inhabitants,
It has no public buildings, except the mosques,
two of which, though built of mud, are by 110
means inelegant^ The nuirkct-placc is a large
square, and the din'urej^rticlcH of merchandize
1 are exposed for sale ol ?wf w covered with mats,
Ate shade tham from J''| dt 1. The market is
.Krowded with poopto morning to night 1
jpme of the stalls voutain nothing but beads)
Qther* Indigo in balls j others wood-ashes in
j^l*tiirtjher? Houssa aud Jennie cloth. I ob
served, lone stall with noliiing but antimw
4jmoUKU. .
U 0. . i teller's Htall L
lo. eiiaue is in the centre of ilio square, and as
9Bfi*saH1W|netl sold erery day as any in Kng
e beer market is at a little distance,
, Jtrge and there arc often ex
j>08cd for tale from eighty to one hundred cala
bashes of beer* each containing about two gal
lons. Near the beer market Is the placc where
red and yellow leathtr i* told.
" IleMdcs thcHe market plnccH, there i? a very
large space which is appropriated for tlie great
market every Tuesday. On. this day astonish
ing crowds of people come- from the country to
purchase nrticle* in wtioleraWs and retail t(j*m
in the different villager, &c. There are com
mnnty from sixteen to twenty large fat Moorish
bullocks killed oh the market morning."
On the second day of Park's arrival at San
sanding* hearing nothing of Mr. Bcott, w ho had
been left behind sick* he sent a messenger to
procure some intelligence of him. " He return
ed in four days* and told us that ?Wr. Scott tens
dead," But tho severest-blow of all was yet
to come.
41 October 28 th. At a quarter past five o'clock
in the morning, mv dear friend Mr. Alexander
Atfrierson* died, after a sickness of four months.
1 feel much inclined to apeak of hi* merits ?
but a* his worth was known only toa few frienddt
I w ill rather cherish his memory in sileiico, ami
imitate his cool and ateady conduct, than weary
my friends with a panegyric in which thoy can
not be supposed to join. 1 shall only observe,
that no event which took place during the jour
ney, ever threw tho smallest gloom over my
mind, till I laid Mr. Anderson in the grave. ?
I then felt myself as if left n second time lonely
and friendless amidst the wilds of Africa."! 69.
An ordinary ndnd would* long before this
last blow* have succumbed under the distress
and disappointment. Hut evert this misfortune,
severe us it was, seems not to have producer
any thing like despondency. His mind is fltill
bent on toe great ohfect of Ms journey, Man
song had promised him a ennoe. On tho ltith
October it arrived, one half of it quite rotten.
Thoy then nent to 8e?o for another half) when
it arrived it would not (it the one already re
ceived. Isaiico was attain despatched to ftego*
and on the 20th returned with a large canoe t
but half of it was very much decayed and
patched. I*ark, therefore, s?>t about joining
the best half of this to the sound half formerly
sent t and, with the assistance of Abraham
llelton, a private, ol'ter eighteen days hard la
bour, he " changed the flambtira canoe into
his Majesty's schooner Jotibas her length was
forty feet, and breadth six reet j anil, being
Hat iMittomed, hhe drew only one foot water
when loaded."
Here end* the Journal, and with it, as we
taid before, nil authentic account of the unfor
tunate traveller. The rest has been supplied
>nly from tho doubtful sources already noticed.
r?0M mi nxtkt thro*iclr.
CAPTAIN LE>V18 WAKMNGTON.
Lewi* Warrington is a native of Virginia,
which Inw been fruitful in distinguished inenr
and won partly Educated at Williainsbupr col
lege, a seminary once famous at the residence
of learning and science. The revolution, tho*
in general, favourable to the institutions of
learning in this country, from various cause#,
proved liighlv injurious to this ancient estab
lishment, which gradually fell into dccny. It#
antique cloisters, and gothic ailcs wero desert
ed for more fashionable establishments, and
Virginia, instead of educating her youth at
homo, was indebted for their acquirements, their
manners, and their morality, to the seiniiinries
of other states. Anxious lor the honor of tho
native state ftf Washington, we would hail with
SlcuHurc every measure that promised to restore
lie once celebrated college of Williamsburg to
its former usefulness, anu would bo gratified to
hro it placed on a footing with the power, tho
resources, and the reputation of Virginia.
At the age of about fifteen, young Wnrring
trm being appointed a midshipman ill the Tinted
States navy, joined the frigate Chesapeake then
lying at Not folk, in February 1800. In this
ship ho cruised on the West-India station till
May 1801, when she returned to the United
8tatcs, and then went on board the frigate
President under commodore Dale. This ship
soon after soiled for the Mediterranean, where
she remained until 1802 blocknding Tripoli.?
The 1'resident, in May, 1802, returned to tho
United States, and Mr. Worrington then joined
I tho frigato New-York, in which ship he onco
I more sailed for the Mediterranean, and return
ed in June, 180.1, to this country, in the Che
sapeake frigate. On his return, he was imme
diately ordered to tho Vixen, then commanded
by captain Smith, lato of the Franklin soventy
four, who died lately in Philadelphia. In this
vessel young Warrington again sailed for the
Mediterranean in August 1803, and remained
iu her during the attacks on the gun-boats and
batteries of Tripoli, in which tho vixen always
took a part. In the month of November 1804
he was made acting lieutenant, and in July the
next year went on noard the brig Siren, as ju
nior lieutenant. In March 1800, he joined tho
Enterprise, os first lieutenant, and in July 1807
returned to the United States, after an absence
of four years. >
Tho gun-boat system wait not then quite out
of fashion, and oh lieutenant Warrington's re
turn to the United States, ho was ordered in
command of * -* "
.. I
-? MU Oi
, ...wvwu 1 1 1 13 III wuere they could never
In-, out of (he reach of actual contamination from
those habit* and manners, which, though cus
tom has made us tolerate them in common sai
lors, destroy the reputation of officers and cover
them with indelible disgrace. The pride of rank
and command, the estimation of society? and
all the Strong sunport* of youthAii character
were taken away from thci aspiring warrior, by
thus placing him in a situation, where he was
perpetually exposed to the ridicule of his coun
trymen^ the contagion o$ gttss manners, and
forever plated beyond tM' hope of acquiring
honorable distinction. It is well known to tlyl
senior officii of the service, that manv flno
ISSE! IS . . '
j ? ? ,T, ...bmi,*!, ww ncrrivv, llini inatlV lltlO
youths lost themselves, irretrievably, amf sunk
under the djsw&vantagoa of tneir situation \ anil
that so many' of them should have surmounted
it, ih one ombtfg the many things they have done
to entitle them to the applause of their country.
Lieutenant Warrington continued in tho
command of a gun-boat, until February 1801),
when he was again ordered to the Siren as first
lieutenant. On the return of this vessel from
Kuropc, whither she went with despatches hit
was ordered to the Essex, as her first lieutenant,
in September tlie same year. In this ship liu
cruised on tho American coast, and again car*
ried out despatches for government, returning
in Attfiit 1812. lie was then ordered to the
friaato Congress, as her first lieutenant* and
sailed in her on the declaration of war, in com
pany with the squadron under commodore dod
gers, intended to intercept the British West
India fleet. The escape of this fleet was pecu
liarly fortunate toOrcat-lJritain, as commodore
dodgers passed and repassed them with his
squadron repeatedly ) but for thirteen or four
teen days, with very little intermission, tho
fog wan so thick that his vessels could not dis
tinguish each other at the distance of a quarter
of a mile. Lieutenant Warrington continued
in the Congress till March, 181s? when he be
came first of tho frigate United States, where
he remained till his promotion to the rank of
master commandant, soon after which he took
the command of the IVacock sloop of war.
Hitherto we have done little more than spe
cify the gradual steps by which Captain War
rington rose to a situation in which he sOon drew
the attention and merited the gratitude of hi*
country, by an action which placed him in tho
rank of her favourite heroes. It will be ob
lerved that his promotion took place slowly and
at regular intervals, step by ?tei>. as his expe
rience increased, and his qualities gradually
developed themselves. He rose from rank to
rank, from a smaller to a larger shift and from
the various stations he has occupied, as well a*
the various grades of vessels he served in, it
would seem that no officer of his ago in the ser
vice, has had letter opportunities of acquiring
i consummate knowledge of hi* nrofensiott than
captain Warrington. That no has profited by
ds iMpcricnc i? evident from hi? conduct in