418 t)EATH OF MUNGO PARK.

ree"— " the town called Yaud, in the country of Cossa ;" whilst I should maintain that it would admit of no other translation but the following, viz. — " the country of Hausa, called Ecauree."

If you think this elucidation of the translation of the Manuscript of Park's death sufficiently interesting to the public to deserve a place in your intelligent paper, it is very much at your service.

From, Sir, Your most obedient servant, JAMES GREY JACKSON, Professor of African Languages, and formerly British Consul and Agent for Holland, Sweden, and Denmark, at Santa Cruz, South Barbary. * Circusy Minories, May 4. 1819.

* See British Statesman, May 6th, 1819.