ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a letter written by the author about two voyages to the River Sierra Leone where contrary winds prevented the people from proceeding directly out of the Channel, and made it necessary to put into this place. Mr. Alexander Anderson came on board, and dined: he enquired that everything had been put on board to render them as much so as possible. In the evening he returned to town, and people got under weigh. There is one circumstance, which will make the remainder of the voyage unpleasant. The gentlemen whom Mr. Falconbridge is employed by are for abolishing the slave trade: the owners of the vessel are of that trade, and consequently the Captain and Mr. Falconbridge must be very opposite in their sentiments. The only thing that has been attractive in the harbour, is the sleet with the convicts for Botany Bay, which are wind bound.
