Between Journeys
Settling at Foulshiels, in August 1799 Park married Allison, daughter of his old master, Thomas Anderson. Two offers made to him to go to New South Wales in some official capacity came to nothing, and in October 1801 Park moved to Peebles, where he practiced as a physician.
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