. 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 . he natives murderedin a mod horrid manner j fince which time. B 2 (about 4 LETTER I. (about fourteen years ago) not a white manhas dared to put his foot onfiore: and, priorto that period, they had deftrqyed the crewsof feveral veffels, their car-goes. It was with fome difficulty I couldprevail on the natives who refided in thebay to meet me
. 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 . he natives murderedin a mod horrid manner j fince which time. B 2 (about 4 LETTER I. (about fourteen years ago) not a white manhas dared to put his foot onfiore: and, priorto that period, they had deftrqyed the crewsof feveral veffels, their car-goes. It was with fome difficulty I couldprevail on the natives who refided in thebay to meet me 5 they were apprehenfive I{hould take vengeance upon them for theirformer cruelty, a fentiment congenial totheir difpofiticn; as they imagine it indi-cates cowardice and want of fpirit to letthe enemy efcape when aa opportunityof revenge prefents itfelf. I however tookevery means to infpire them with confi-dence, and fo far fucceeded, that I con-vened an affembly of the king and neigh-bouring chiefs, and of all the inhabitants ofevery denomination. Image to yourfelfthe jQiore of a little fandy bay coveredwith black men, women, and the fhade of a tree fat the king inan arm-chair, drefled ux a fuit of blue filk, trimmed. LETTER I. J trimmed with filver lace, with a laced hatand ruffled fhirt, and fhoes and each fide fat his principal people, and be-hind him two or three of his wives. I began by informing them that all padafts {hould be buried in oblivion^ that, not-with(landing the very bad character theyhad, I hoped the confequences of their for-mer crimes, which they had feverely feltin the lofs of their trade, would, in future,make them behave better. I pointed outto them the condition which thofe menhad fallen into who had been the chiefpromoters of their former cruelties^ thatthough they got immcnfe fpoil, yet nothingnow remained of it 3 and that they werepunifhed and defpifed both by God andman. I ftated to them that, by their ownlaws, they were
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