. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. , he laid hold of one of the white men andjumped into the water. Lieutenant Martyn didthe same, and they were drowned in the streamin attempting to escape. One slave was left, andthey took him and the canoe, and carried them tothe king. After having been kept in prison forthree months, Amadi was released ; and obtainedinformation from the surviving slave, concerningthe manner in which Mr. Park and his compan-ions had died. Nothing was left in the canoe buta sword belt, of
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. , he laid hold of one of the white men andjumped into the water. Lieutenant Martyn didthe same, and they were drowned in the streamin attempting to escape. One slave was left, andthey took him and the canoe, and carried them tothe king. After having been kept in prison forthree months, Amadi was released ; and obtainedinformation from the surviving slave, concerningthe manner in which Mr. Park and his compan-ions had died. Nothing was left in the canoe buta sword belt, of which the king had made a girthfor his horse, and this belt Isaaco afterwards re-covered. Captain Clapperton in his second Ex-pedition received accounts confirming this state-ment, and visited the spot where the travellersperished. He was likewise told that the chief ofYaouri had some of Parks papers, which he waswilling to give up to him, if he would go to seehim. The Landers also visited the place, andwere shown by the chief one of Parks books,which had fallen into his hands. The portrait of Mungo Park is subjoined. Mr. Parks death is supposed to have takenplace about four months after his departure fromSansanding. Of his enterprising spirit, indefati-gable vigilance, calm fortitude, and unshaken per-severance, he has left permanent memorials in theNarrative of his Travels, and in his Journal andCorrespondence, published in 1815, with his Lifeprefixed by Mr. Wishaw. His widow, who wasleft with three children, died in February 1840. PARK, Patuic, a sculptor of considerable ge-nius, the son of Matthew Park, an eminent build-er in Glasgow, who erected the new part of Ham-ilton palace, was born in Glasgow in 1808. Heearly evinced a decided taste for art, and studiedat Rome for some years, as a pupil of Thorwald-sen. In 1834 he settled in London, and wasmuch engaged in bust sculpture. At differentperiods he had a studio in Glasgow and Edin-burgh, and latterly at Manchester. In 18
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