Her skin is of a
light copper colour." Should this meet the eye of any soldier of fortune,
&c.
At Boossa, they hear some tidings of
_Mungo Park_.
"Our visiters remained with us a considerable time, and in the course of
conversation, one of them observed that they had in their possession a
tobe, which belonged to a white man who came from the north many years ago,
and from whom it had been purchased by the king's father. We expressed
great curiosity to see this tobe, and it was sent us as a present a short
time after their departure. Contrary to our expectations, we found it to
be made of rich crimson damask, and very heavy from the immense quantity
of gold embroidery with which it was covered. As the time when the late
king was said to have purchased this tobe corresponds very nearly to the
supposed period of Mr. Park's death, and as we never heard of any other
white man having come from the north so far south as Boossa, we are
inclined to believe it to be part of the spoil obtained from the canoe of
that ill-fated traveller.
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