aman. He invited them to his table with his officers, and
ordered them a passage in the William Harris, a government transport,
which was to sail for England in a day or two.

Accordingly on the 20th they sailed for England, and on the 9th June
arrived at Portsmouth, after a tedious voyage, and gladly landed with
hearts full of gratitude for all their deliverance.

One of the first steps which government adopted on the arrival of
Richard Lander, was to issue an order to the authorities at Cape
Coast Castle, to pay to King Boy the whole of his demand for the
ransom of the Landers, and thereby re-establishing that faith and
good opinion with the natives of the country, touching the honour and
integrity of the English character.

This journey by individuals who make no pretensions to science, has
not afforded materials for the illustration of any of its branches,
but previously to the loss of the instruments, the range of the
thermometer is recorded. At Badagry, on the coast, where the heat was
most oppressive, it was between 86 deg. and 94 deg., oftener stationary near
the latter than the former point. At Jenna it fell suddenly one day
from 94 deg. to 78 deg., and remained stationary for some hours. At Assinara
at noon, on the 23rd April it attained the height of 99 deg.. Near
Katunga it fell upon one occasion to 71 deg. in the shade, the air being
then cooler than they had felt it since landing. At Kiama the
extremes were 75 deg. and 94 deg., the mean 84 deg.. At Youri, the range was the
same. On their voyage from Youri to Boussa, on the 2nd August, it
varied from 75 deg. to 92 deg.. At Boussa it varied from 76 deg. to 93 deg., but most
commonly between 80 deg. and 90 deg.. At Patashie, generally between 74 deg. and
89 deg., once 93 deg.. Lever 77 deg. to 93 deg.. Bajiebo 70 deg. to 95 deg.. On the passage
down the river below that place, on the 5th October, 78 deg. to 94 deg..
Belee 79 deg. to 94 deg.. Such has been the issue of this important voyage,
by which the grand problem that perplexed Europe during so many ages,
and on which, for a period of nearly forty years, so many efforts and
sacrifices had been expended in vain, was completely solved. British
enterprise completed, as it had begun this great discovery. Park in
his first journey reached the banks of the Niger, and saw it rolling
its waters towards the interior of the continent. In the second he
embarked at Bammakoo, and by sailing downwards to Boussa, prov