Life And Travels Of Mungo Park By Mungo Park With A Full Narrative Of Subsequent Adventure In Central Africa
















 -  The appearance at
this season, and at the spot where I saw it, was very beautiful; all the
acacia trees - Page 502
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The Appearance At This Season, And At The Spot Where I Saw It, Was Very Beautiful; All The Acacia Trees Were In Blossom, Some With White Flowers, Others With Yellow, Forming A Contrast With The Small Dusky Leaves, Like Gold And Silver Tassels On A Cloak Of Dark Green Velvet.

I observed some fine large fish leaping in the lake.

Some of the troops were bathing, others watering their horses, bullocks, camels and asses: the lake was as smooth as glass, and flowing around the roots of the trees. The sun, on its approach to the horizon, throws the shadows of the flowery acacias along its surface, like sheets of burnished gold and silver. The smoking fires on its banks, the sounding of horns, the beating of their gongs or drums, the braying of their brass and tin trumpets, the rude hut of grass and branches of trees rising as if by magic, everywhere the cries of Mohamed, Abdo, Mustafa, &c. with the neighing of horses, and the braying of asses, gave animation to the beautiful scenery of the lake, and its sloping green and woody banks."

The army, amounting to 50,000 men, under the sultan's command, surrounded the walls of Coonia. The account which Clapperton gives of the action which then took place is curious, "After the midday prayers, all except the eunuchs, camel drivers, and such other servants as were of use only to prevent theft, whether mounted or on foot, marched towards the object of attack, and soon arrived before the walls of the city.

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