CONSULTATIONS UNDER AFFLICTioN.
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Most readers are acquainted with the Journal
of the intrepid traveller, Mungo Park, in the IN
terror OF Africa, and whose fate has never been
ascertained. The following very
judicious extract, however, from its beauty, and
coming from man nearly borne down under tine
heaviest trials we can well conceive OF, will not
|only be interesting to those who have never seen
lit, but afford some pleasing sensations even to
those who have more than once perused it. Mr.
Park had Just been robbed by bandtti OF al
most every thing he possessed, with scarcely any
Iarlicle OF clothing left TO protect him from the
burning suns and drenching rains to which he Was
Iexposed, triendless and alone, when the following
reflections resulted from his intense suiferings


"After they were gone sat for some time
Hooking around ME with amazement and terror
Whichever way turned, nothing appeared but
danger and difficulty. l saw myself in the midst
lof vast wilderness, in the depth of the rainy
lseason--naked and alone--sllrroundcd by savage
ianimals, and men still more savage. was five
hundred miles from the nearest European settle
lment. All these circumstances crowded at once
lon my recollection, and confess that my spirits
began to fail me. ] considered my fate as certain
land that had no alternative but to lay down and
perish. The influence OF religion, however, aid


led and supported me. l reflected that no hu-
man prudence or foresight could possibly have
laverted my present suilerngs. l was, indeed, a
stranger in q strange land, yet was still under


1.-The protecting eve of that Providence who has con.


descended to call himself the strangers friend


At this moment, painful as my reflections were


1.-THE extraordinary beauty of a small moss, in fruc


lification, irresistably caught my eye. mention


this to show from what trifling circumstances the


mind will sometimes derive consolation; tor
hough the whole plant was not larger than the