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A Brief Memoir Of Masonicus.
degree of Masonrv at the Lodge of Amity , at Preston , in Lancashire , No . 224 of the English Constitution , on Friday the 17 th February , 1792 ; and after having passed into th ^ second , was raised to the third degree on Friday the 13 th of July , 179 j . In the Lodge of Antiquity , No . i , of which our intelligent Correspondent has been for some time a memberhe has discharged the
, duties attached to several offices of trust and respechibiliry in a manner at once expressive of talents and energy , and-calculated to excite the regard of every zealous patron ofthe genuine Masonic Institutions . With these respectable features of literary and official accomplishment , there is in the private character of MASON icus a coincidence peculiarlgratifing to- remark . Gentle mannersfriendly assiduities ,
y y , and exemplary modesty , discover to the perspicacious view those delicate tints of conduct , that ' shun the careless eye And in , the world's contagious circle die . *
Park's Travels In Africa.
PARK'S TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
MAJOR RENNELL ' S AND Mil . EDWARDS' REPORT TO THE AFRICAK ASSOCIATION .
T TNTIL Mr . Park's Journal is published by himself , the following ^ notices from Major Rennel ! and Mr . ' Bryan Edwards , printed for the satisfaction of the African Association , may be considered as matters equally curious and important . The discoveries of Park give a new face to the physical geography of Western Africa . They ascertain the sources of the Gambia , the Senegaland the Niger ; and proveby the courses of these great
, , rivers , that a belt of mountains , running from west to east , occupies the parallels between 10 and 11 degrees of N . L . and at least between the zd and 10 th degrees of W . L . frpm Greenwich . The highest part of this chain of mountains is situated between the 6 th and iotli degrees of W . L . since within this space are found the sources of the Gambia and the Senegalwhich run to the north-west ; and also the
, source ofthe Joliba or Niger , which runs to the north-east . The head of the principal branch ofthe Senegal is 80 geographical miles to the - . vest of the Niger ; and the head of the Gambia is 100 west of the Senegal .
- Mr . Park first discovered the Niger at the town of Scgo , situated near the 14 th degree of northern latitude , and t \ degrees of west longitude from Greenwich ; and therefore above 14 degiees from the western coast of Africa , from whence he began his travels ; which were continued from Sego ( o Silla , 70 miles , in the direction ofN . E . along the banks of the river . The vast continent which he had traversed Mr . P . found to be every where divided into petty states , inhabited by Negroes or by Moors ; the former kind and hospitable ; thelalter the most perfidious ofthe human race , combining in their character the blind superstition
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A Brief Memoir Of Masonicus.
degree of Masonrv at the Lodge of Amity , at Preston , in Lancashire , No . 224 of the English Constitution , on Friday the 17 th February , 1792 ; and after having passed into th ^ second , was raised to the third degree on Friday the 13 th of July , 179 j . In the Lodge of Antiquity , No . i , of which our intelligent Correspondent has been for some time a memberhe has discharged the
, duties attached to several offices of trust and respechibiliry in a manner at once expressive of talents and energy , and-calculated to excite the regard of every zealous patron ofthe genuine Masonic Institutions . With these respectable features of literary and official accomplishment , there is in the private character of MASON icus a coincidence peculiarlgratifing to- remark . Gentle mannersfriendly assiduities ,
y y , and exemplary modesty , discover to the perspicacious view those delicate tints of conduct , that ' shun the careless eye And in , the world's contagious circle die . *
Park's Travels In Africa.
PARK'S TRAVELS IN AFRICA .
MAJOR RENNELL ' S AND Mil . EDWARDS' REPORT TO THE AFRICAK ASSOCIATION .
T TNTIL Mr . Park's Journal is published by himself , the following ^ notices from Major Rennel ! and Mr . ' Bryan Edwards , printed for the satisfaction of the African Association , may be considered as matters equally curious and important . The discoveries of Park give a new face to the physical geography of Western Africa . They ascertain the sources of the Gambia , the Senegaland the Niger ; and proveby the courses of these great
, , rivers , that a belt of mountains , running from west to east , occupies the parallels between 10 and 11 degrees of N . L . and at least between the zd and 10 th degrees of W . L . frpm Greenwich . The highest part of this chain of mountains is situated between the 6 th and iotli degrees of W . L . since within this space are found the sources of the Gambia and the Senegalwhich run to the north-west ; and also the
, source ofthe Joliba or Niger , which runs to the north-east . The head of the principal branch ofthe Senegal is 80 geographical miles to the - . vest of the Niger ; and the head of the Gambia is 100 west of the Senegal .
- Mr . Park first discovered the Niger at the town of Scgo , situated near the 14 th degree of northern latitude , and t \ degrees of west longitude from Greenwich ; and therefore above 14 degiees from the western coast of Africa , from whence he began his travels ; which were continued from Sego ( o Silla , 70 miles , in the direction ofN . E . along the banks of the river . The vast continent which he had traversed Mr . P . found to be every where divided into petty states , inhabited by Negroes or by Moors ; the former kind and hospitable ; thelalter the most perfidious ofthe human race , combining in their character the blind superstition