Not always, though: Ledyard, the great New England traveller, and
Mungo Park, the Scotch one; of all men, they possessed the least assurance in the parlor.
He mused over the glory of the
Mungo Parks, the Bruces, the Caillies, the Levaillants, and to some extent, I verily believe, of Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe), whom he considered in no wise inferior to the rest.
In the afternoon comes Thaka, possibly, to complain that old
Mungo has stolen his new wife.
He stopped and looked at me, as I thought, a little oddly; and then, turning to the lawyer, "Mungo," said he, "there's many a man would think this more of a warning than two pyats.
But to-day -- eh, Mungo?" And he turned again to look at the lawyer.
But his days of mourning will be few for
Mungo, our black cook, told me yesterday that the word had at last gone forth, and poor Pedro's fate was sealed.
Sir Pitt was first married to Grizzel, sixth daughter of
Mungo Binkie, Lord Binkie, and cousin, in consequence, of Mr.
"He has a thirst for travelling; perhaps he may turn out a Bruce or a
Mungo Park," said Mr.
Be rather the
Mungo Park, the Lewis and Clark and Frobisher, of your own streams and oceans; explore your own higher latitudes -- with shiploads of preserved meats to support you, if they be necessary; and pile the empty cans sky-high for a sign.
This habit is very different from that of the Spanish Gauchos, who, leading the same kind of life, eat scarcely any; according to
Mungo Park, [2] it is people who live on vegetable food who have an unconquerable desire for salt.
Mungo, come out smoking a large pipe in company with a very tall French friend of his called Flambeau, who was smoking a very small cigarette.
Witness, Subjugation and Srebrenica Women by Robert McNeil are on show at the St
Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art.