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Travels in the Interior of Africa

by Mungo PARK (1771 - 1806)

Vol.1 Chapter VI - TIGGITY SEGO’S PALAVER

Mungo Park, a Scottish surgeon and explorer, was sent out by the 'Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa' after Major Houghton failed to return, to discover the if the River Niger was a tributary of either the river Senegal or Gambia in South Africa. This is the story of his first trip. The journey had many challenges, such as language, religions, imprisonment and robbery. Most of the trip he had nothing but his tattered clothes, a horse, a pocket compass and his hat where he kept his notes. After first following the Gambia River, he finally was the first European to reached the Niger River at Ségou. He continued along the Niger another 80 miles to Silla, where he had to turn around as he had no way of continuing without procuring more supplies. He then returned to England by boat, via America. (Summary by Lynda Marie Neilson)

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Listen next episodes of Travels in the Interior of Africa:
Vol. 2 Chapter XIX - ILLNESS AT KAMALIA AND KINDNESS OF THE NATIVES , Vol. 2 Chapter XVI - VILLAGES ON THE NIGER—DETERMINES TO GO NO FARTHER EASTWARD , Vol. 2 Chapter XVII - MOORZAN TO TAFFARA , Vol. 2 Chapter XVIII - DESPAIRING THOUGHTS—ARRIVAL AT SIBIDOOLOO , Vol. 2 Chapter XX - NEGRO CUSTOMS , Vol. 2 Chapter XXI - RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND INDUSTRIES OF THE MANDINGOES , Vol. 2 Chapter XXII - WAR AND SLAVERY , Vol. 2 Chapter XXIII - GOLD AND IVORY , Vol. 2 Chapter XXIV - MOHAMMEDAN CUSTOMS; ARRIVAL AT KINYTAKOORO , Vol. 2 Chapter XXV - THE JALLONKA WILDERNESS; A WARLIKE TALE , Vol. 2 Chapter XXVI - MEETING WITH DR. LAIDLEY—RETURN TO THE COAST—VOYAGE TO ENGLAND , Vol. 2 Introduction , Vol 2 - NOTE , Vol.1 Chapter IX - THE TOWN OF JARRA—DETAINED BY THE MOORS , Vol.1 Chapter VII - INTERVIEW WITH KING DEMBA SEGO JALLA , Vol.1 Chapter VIII - ADVENTURES BETWEEN KEMMOO AND JARRA , Vol.1 Chapter X - A MOORISH WEDDING , Vol.1 Chapter XI - SUFFERINGS IN CAPTIVITY , Vol.1 Chapter XII - OBSERVATIONS ON THE CHARACTER AND COUNTRY OF THE MOORS , Vol.1 Chapter XIII - ESCAPE FROM CAPTIVITY , Vol.1 Chapter XIV - JOURNEY CONTINUED; ARRIVAL AT WAWRA , Vol.1 Chapter XV - NEGRO CURIOSITY; A MESSAGE FROM THE KING