OF THE DEATH OF MUNCO PARK. 417 translation, inserted in your paper of yesterday, which runs thus : — " This declaration is issued from the town colled Yaud, in the country of Kossa."

My translation of this passage, inserted in Mr. Bowdich's account of a Mission to Ashantee, page 478, runs thus : — " This narimtive proceeds from the territory in Hausa called Ecauree."

No one, I presume, will say that there is not a manifest difference between these two translations — between " the toxm called Yaud, in the country ofKossa," and the territory of Hausa, called Ecauree," One of these translations must therefore necessarily be incorrect. The Arabic manuscript decyphered and transcribed by me, is inserted in Mr. Bowdich's work, page 480. Those who may feel interested in ascertaining which is the correct and precise translation, are requested to refer to the transcript above-mentioned, or to the original manuscript, in the possession of the African Association. As for myself, I presume I am right ; and would submit the decision to the judgment of either Sir Gore Ousley, or to that of Sir William, or to the opinion of any Arabic scholar, to decide this question.

If, Mr. Editor, you had an Arabic type, to save the trouble of referring to the original, I should ask the Arabic scholar if it were possible for any man to translate the following passage in that document : — " Bled Hausa eekalu Ecu-E E