Near Bangassi, four men lay down at once.

It was even with difficulty that Mr.Park dragged forward his brother-in-law, Mr.Anderson, while he himself felt very sick and faint.

His spirits were about to sink entirely, when, coming to an eminence, he obtained a distant view of the mountains, the southern base of which he knew to be watered by the Niger.

Then indeed he forgot his fever, and thought only of climbing the blue hills, which delighted his eyes.
Before he could arrive at that desired point, three weeks elapsed, during which he experienced the greatest difficulty and suffering.

At length, he reached the summit of the ridge, which divides the Senegal from the Niger, and coming to the brow of the hill, saw again this majestic river rolling its immense stream along the plain.