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PARK two hours before there was room for him in the boat. Then came an order from the king forbidding him to cross, and he was indebted for relief to a woman who took him into her hut, gave him supper and a bed, and with the female part of her family sang a song 'about the "poor white man" which the traveller has preserved in his journal. The king sent him a guide and a present of 5,000 cowries, with which he pursued his journey down the left bank of the river to Kea, where he dismissed the guide and went by water to Silla on the opposite bank. Here he was again attacked by sickness, and despaired of advancing fur- ther into a country where the fanatical Mo- hammedans were paramount, and at a sea- son when the tropical rains rendered travel im- possible except by water. He set out on his return July 30, and after a long series of suf- ferings and robberies arrived at Pisania June 10, 1797. An American vessel carried him to Antigua, whence he took ship for England, and on Dec. 22 landed at Falmouth. His unex- pected return, after he had long been given up for dead, created an extraordinary enthusi- asm. An outline of his adventures was drawn up by Bryan Edwards, accompanied with geo- graphical illustrations by Major Rennell (4to, London, 1799), but it threw little light upon the problem of the direction of the Niger. Park now returned to his father's farm in Scot- land, married, and commenced the practice of medicine at Peebles. In 1805 he undertook a second journey to the Niger under the auspi- ces of the British government. The king gave him the brevet rank of captain, and his com- panion and brother-in-law Mr. Anderson that of lieutenant. The other members of the ex- pedition were Mr. Scott, draughtsman, an offi- cer and 34 soldiers of the garrison of Goree, two sailors, and four artificers. They reached Pisania April 28, and at once pushed into the interior, keeping considerably to the south of Park's former route, and winding among the head streams of the Senegal and Gambia. They were not much molested by the negroes, but the climate proved a more deadly enemy, and before they came in sight of the Niger near Bammakoo 28 of the soldiers and three carpenters had died. With the remnant of his force Park floated down to Sansanding in canoes, where he sold some of his goods. There died Mr. Anderson. Scott had also died, and when a boat was prepared for resuming the voyage, Park's only companions were Lieut. Marty n and three soldiers, one of whom was deranged. About the middle of November set out, having first sent back their guide with a journal of their discoveries. In )6 rumors reached the British settlements of Mungo Park's death, but nothing was known f his fate until the governor of Senegal in 10 despatched Isaaco into the interior to as- certain what had become of him. From a man at Sansanding who had accompanied the party from that place to Yauri, Isaaco received PARKER 109 a later journal, and learned that after passing Jennee, Timbuctoo, and Yauri, and repelling several attacks of the natives, they reached at Boossa a narrow pass where the river flows between precipitous rocks. Here they were set upon by the soldiers of the king of Yauri, with lances, arrows, and stones. Two negro slaves were killed in the canoe, and the white men jumping into the water were drowned. Clapperton found full confirmation of this sto- ry, and learned that Park's manuscripts were still in the king's possession, but was unable to obtain them. The narrative of Park's sec- ond journey, with a biography (London, 1815), has been translated into French and German. D'Avezac published in Paris in 1834 Examen et rectifications des positions determines as- tronomiquement par Mungo Park ; and an- other biography of the traveller appeared at Edinburgh in 1835. A monument was erect- ed in his honor at Selkirk in 1859. PARKE, a "VV. county of Indiana, bounded W. by the Wabash river and drained by Sugar and Raccoon creeks; area, 440 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 18,166. It has an undulating surface and a very fertile soil, with extensive beds of coal. The Logansport, Crawfordsville, and Southwestern railroad traverses it, and the Evansville, Terre Haute, and Chicago crosses the S. W. corner. The chief productions in 1870 were 502,230 bushels of wheat, 982,628 of Indian corn, 48,391 of oats, 65,004 of potatoes, 314,099 Ibs. of butter, 110,813 of wool, and 14,512 tons of hay. There were 7,384 horses, 5,104 milch cows, 10,277 other cattle, 31,583 sheep, and 32,264 swine ; 4 manufactories of carriages and wagons, 8 of cooperage, 7 of saddlery and harness, 2 of woollens, 13 flour mills, and 19 saw mills. Capital, Rockville. PARKER, a N. county of Texas, intersected by the Brazos river ; area, 900 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 4,186, of whom 293 were colored. It consists of prairie and woodland in about equal proportions. The soil is productive. Wheat, corn, cotton, and fruits and vegetables thrive. The chief productions in 1870 were 13,658 bushels of wheat, 70,685 of Indian corn, 10,905 of oats, 13 bales of cotton,. and 20,050 Ibs. of butter. There were 1,497 horses, 1,222 milch cows, 10,348 other cattle, 944 sheep, and 4,383 swine. Capital, Weatherford. PARKER, Matthew, the second Protestant arch- bishop of Canterbury, born in Norwich, Aug. 6, 1504, died in London, May 17, 1575. He entered Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, in 1520, and in 1527 was ordained, made M. A., and received a fellowship, and was offered by Cardinal Wolsey a professorship in his newly founded college at Oxford. In 1533 he received a license to preach, and soon after became chaplain to Anne Boleyn, dean of the college of Stoke Clare in 1535, chaplain to Henry VIII. in 1537, master of Corpus Christi college in 1544, vice chancellor of Cambridge university in 1545, and dean of Lincoln in 1552. Upon the outbreak of Kett's insurrection in 1549,