After this, some went away with his horse, and the remainder, after some deliberation, returned him the worst of the two shirts and a pair of trousers; and on going away, one of them threw back his hat, in the crown of which he kept his memorandums.

After they were gone, Mr.Park sat for some time, looking around him with amazement and terror.

"Whatever way I turned," says he, "nothing appeared but danger and difficulty.

I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by savage animals, and men still more savage.

I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement.