a regular watch, and frequently looked into the hut to see if he was asleep.  About two o’clock a Moor entered the hut, probably with a view of stealing something, and groping about, laid his hand upon Mr. Park’s shoulder.  He immediately sprang up, and the Moor in a hurry, fell upon the wild hog, which returned the attack by biting his arm.  The cries of the Moor alarmed his countrymen, who conjecturing their prisoner had made his escape, prepared for pursuit.  Ali did not sleep in his own tent, but came galloping upon a white horse from a tent at a considerable distance; the consciousness of his tyrannical and cruel behaviour had made him so suspicious, that even his own domestics knew not where he slept.  The cause of the outcry being explained, the prisoner was allowed to sleep until morning without further disturbance.

With the returning day, the boys, says Mr. Park, assembled to beat the hog, and the men and women to plague the Christian.  On this subject, Mr. Park expresses himself most feelingly, for he adds, “it is impossible for me to describe the behaviour of a people, who study mischief as a science, and exult in the miseries and misfortunes of their fellow-creatures.  It is sufficient to observe, that the rudeness, ferocity, and fanaticism, which distinguish the Moors from the rest of mankind, found here a proper subject whereon to exercise their propensities.  I was a stranger, I was unprotected, and I was a Christian, each of these circumstances is sufficient to drive every spark of humanity from the heart of a Moor; but when all of them, as in my case, were combined in the same person, and a suspicion prevailed withal, that I was come as a spy into the country, the reader will easily imagine that, in such a situation, I had every thing to fear.  Anxious, however, to conciliate favour, I patiently bore every insult, but never did any period of my life pass so heavily; from sunrise to sunset was I obliged to suffer, with unruffled countenance, the insults of the rudest savages on earth.”

Mr. Park had now a new occupation thrust upon him, which was that of a barber.  His first display of official skill in his new capacity, was in shaving the head of the young prince of Ludamar, in the presence of the king, his father, but happening to make a slight incision, the king ordered him to resign the razor, and walk out of the tent.  This was considered by Mr. Park as a very fortunate circumstance, as he had determined to make himself as useless and insignificant as possible, being the only means of recovering his liberty.

On the 18th of March, four Moors arrived from Jarra, with Johnson the interpreter, having seized him before he knew of Mr. Park’s confinement, and brought with them the bundle of clothes left at Daman Jumma’s house.  Johnson was led into All’s tent and examined; the bundle was opened, and Mr. Park was sent for, to explain the use of the various contents.  To Mr. Park’s great satisfaction, however, Johnson