A narrative of voyages and commercial enterprises . embargohich was the immediate consequence, was viewed asmeasure of prudence and sound policy. Those ofjr merchants who were about engaging in foreign voy-^f^iivj^ -ges, abandoned their plans; those who had supplies of ^^A^^ foreign merchandise in store, were making calculations onVlr^^ an advanced price ; and those who had property abroad were^^VN\ making great exertions to gel it home. To aid in promoting^ the views of the latter class, special permissions were grantedby our government, for vessels to proceed m ballast, in various direc-tion
A narrative of voyages and commercial enterprises . embargohich was the immediate consequence, was viewed asmeasure of prudence and sound policy. Those ofjr merchants who were about engaging in foreign voy-^f^iivj^ -ges, abandoned their plans; those who had supplies of ^^A^^ foreign merchandise in store, were making calculations onVlr^^ an advanced price ; and those who had property abroad were^^VN\ making great exertions to gel it home. To aid in promoting^ the views of the latter class, special permissions were grantedby our government, for vessels to proceed m ballast, in various direc-tions. The peculiar state of the times having prevented my engagingin any enterprise, on my own account, I accepted the proposal merchants of Salem, to go in pursuit of a vessel of theirs to thecoast of Africa. The latest accounts from this vessel were, that afterhaving succeeded in collecting a rich cargo, the captain had died, andthat the mate continued on the coast, to dispose of some portion ofthe outward cargo, which yet remained 250 FOURTH VOYAGE. Accordingly, the brig Star being prepared for the purpose, andprovided with the requisite permission from government, I sailedfrom Boston for the coast of Africa, in the month of April, accommodations being spacious and airy, and the voyage to beperformed in the summer months, 1 was induced, no less for ourmutual gratification, than for the promotion of his health, to invitemy father-in-law, the venerable ex-collector of the port of Salem, toaccompany me. Our passage out was pleasant and expeditious, arriving off theriver of Senegal on the twenty-seventh day after leaving Boston. Thewind, which had blown strong the day before our arrival, had notsubsided when off the town; and the surf beat so heavily on thebeach as to prevent any communication. We stood off and on allday, as near the shore as was prudent, in the hope that some canoewould succeed in making way through the surf, and come off to us ;but, at e
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