. A voyage to the river Sierra-Leone, on the coast of Africa; containing an account of the trade and productions of the country, and of the civil and religious customs and manners of the people; in a series of letters to a friend in England . * ^^^S . i *9L 1 - rai^HnT . ., *? I li^Mi kLi^i II. L E T T E R ir. 23 newly cleared ground has the appearanceof ftubble or ploughed land. Between the two capes, which are diftin-guiflied by their projedtion into the Tea, andby fome remarkable trees, is a fine femi-circular bay, with a white fandy beach,€dged with a beautiful grove of palms.—To the right
. A voyage to the river Sierra-Leone, on the coast of Africa; containing an account of the trade and productions of the country, and of the civil and religious customs and manners of the people; in a series of letters to a friend in England . * ^^^S . i *9L 1 - rai^HnT . ., *? I li^Mi kLi^i II. L E T T E R ir. 23 newly cleared ground has the appearanceof ftubble or ploughed land. Between the two capes, which are diftin-guiflied by their projedtion into the Tea, andby fome remarkable trees, is a fine femi-circular bay, with a white fandy beach,€dged with a beautiful grove of palms.—To the right i« a diftant view of the Bana-nas ifle, and on the left is the Ballainihore, fkirted with a white fandy beach,and decorated with clumps of palms andlofty trees. Several red. cliffs are alfo dis-covered which ferve to break the line ofuniformity; while, higher up the river, asfar as the eye can reach, the trees feem tofloat upon the waving furface of the water;or, to a lively imagination, may appear likea fleet of fhips. The natives at and about Sierra-Leone are not remarkable for their induftry or their honefty; they cultivate little more rice than is neceflary for their own con- C 4 fumption ij4 I. E T T E R II. fumption from feafon to leafonjand, fhoulda crop fail, they are freq
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