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The banks are high, and covered with verdure the country is open and cultivated and the rocky hills of Fellow and Bambouk add much to the beauty of the landscape. December 28. We departed from Samee, and arrived in the afternoon at Kayee, a large village, part of which is situated on the north and part on the south side of the river.
"P. S. Have the goodness to remember me most kindly to my friend Major Rennell." To the Earl Camden, One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, &c. &c. &c. On board of H. M. Schooner Joliba, at anchor off Sansanding, November 17, 1805. "I have herewith sent you an account of each day's proceedings since we left Kayee.
After dark took out the telescope in order to observe an immersion of Jupiter's first satellite H. M. S. The satellite immerged by watch 14 10 35 Rate + from London 0 5 48 Too slow by eclipse at Kayee 0 0 5 Mean time by watch 14 16 28 Time by Nautical Almanack 14 16 51 Equation 0 3 58 Mean time at Greenwich 14 12 53 14 12 53 Watch too fast 0 3 35
On the 27th of April 1805, he took his departure from Kayee, and arrived in two days at Pisania, from whence he had set out for the interior of Africa nearly ten years before. He quitted Kayee on the 4th of May, and arrived on the 11th at Madina, the capital of the kingdom of Woolli.
At Kayee, Isaaco, a Mandingo priest and travelling merchant, who had had great experience in inland travelling, was engaged to accompany the expedition as guide. On the 27th April 1805 they left Kayee, under a salute from the guns of the Crescent.
Kiss all my dear children for me, and let them know that their father loves them." In a letter to Mr. Dickson dated Kayee, April 26th, 1805, the day before his embarkation, Park writes as follows; "Every thing, at present, looks as favourable as I could wish, and if all things go well, this day six weeks I expect to drink all your healths in the water of the Niger.
April 27th, 1805. At ten o'clock in the morning took our departure from Kayee. The Crescent, the Washington and Mr. Ainsley's vessel did us the honour to fire a salute at our departure. The day proved remarkably hot; and some of the asses being unaccustomed to carry loads, made our march very fatiguing and troublesome.
"In case any unfavourable reports should be raised respecting the termination of our journey, I request that you will endeavour as much as you can to prevent them from finding their way into the newspapers, or by any other manner reaching the ears of my dear wife and mother." To Mrs. Park. Kayee, River Gambia, April 26, 1805.
Thence Park wrote several letters to his friends, among which was the following, addressed to his wife. "Kayee, River Gambia, 26th April 1805.
This grows plentifully on the banks of the Gambia betwixt Yanimaroo and Kayee, and no where else. It is certainly burnt by some internal process, of which I am ignorant.
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