...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...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once to ray recollection, and I confess that my spirits began to...

...with amazement and terror. Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I found myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth...men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from any European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once upon my recollection, and I confess...

...Whatever way I turned (says Park), nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw myself in the midit ]"' 8ve hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. At this moment, painfcd as my reflections were,...

...touch that, or any other article, he would immediately ehoot him dead on the spot. He was thus left in the midst of a vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy season, naked and alone, without food, and without the means of procuring it ; surrounded by savage animals, and by men still...

...As he contemplated the gloomy prospect, despair of final success almost mastered him. He says — " At this moment, painful as my reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small mdss in fructification, caught my eye. The whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers,...

...the Niger. His theory was found to he correct in its detail•. ton, naked and alone, surrounded hy savage animals and men still more savage. I was five...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. 1 considered my fate as certam, and tltat I had no alternative, hut to lie down and perish. The influence...

...robbers. " After they were gone, I sat for some time looking around me with amazemeirt and terror. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness in the depth of the rainy iea* Reichard, a German Geographer, ought perhaps to be excepted. He adopted a modification of Park's...

...the revival of his hopes : — " Whatever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulties. I saw myself in the midst of a vast wilderness, in...of the rainy season, naked and alone, surrounded by large animals, and men still more savage. I was five hundred miles from the nearest European settlement....

...reached a refreshing oasis, where his strength was recruited. " Whatever way I turned," says Park, " nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw...reflections were, the extraordinary beauty of a small moss in fructification irresistibly caught my eye. I mention this to show from what trifling circumstances...

...describing his situation and feelings when alone in the very heart of Africa. "Whichever way I turned, nothing appeared but danger and difficulty. I saw...hundred miles from the nearest European settlement. All these circumstances crowded at once on my recollection, and I confess that my spirits began to...