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
















 -  These and other instances of
attention and kindness shown him by Dr. Laidley were not lost upon Karfa.
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These And Other Instances Of Attention And Kindness Shown Him By Dr. Laidley Were Not Lost Upon Karfa. He Would

Often say to me, "my journey has indeed been prosperous!" But, observing the improved state of our manufactures, and our

Manifest superiority in the arts of civilized life, he would sometimes appear pensive, and exclaim with an involuntary sigh, _fato fing inta feng_, "black men are nothing." At other times, he would ask me with great seriousness, what could possibly have induced me, who was no trader, to think of exploring so miserable a country as Africa? He meant by this to signify that, after what I must have witnessed in my own country, nothing in Africa could in his opinion deserve a moment's attention, I have preserved these little traits of character in this worthy Negro, not only from regard to the man, but also because they appear to me to demonstrate that he possessed a mind _above his condition_; and to such of my readers as love to contemplate human nature in all its varieties, and to trace its progress from rudeness to refinement, I hope the account I have given of this poor African will not be unacceptable.

No European vessel had arrived at Gambia for many months previous to my return from the interior; and as the rainy season was now setting in, I persuaded Karfa to return to his people at Jindey. He parted with me on the 14th with great tenderness; but as I had little hopes of being able to quit Africa for the remainder of the year, I told him, as the fact was, that I expected to see him again before my departure.

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