ABSTRACT
Voyage to Bonny in 1801—Anecdote of a black man—Predicament of the author on the death of a native—The island of St. Thomas—A shipwrecked crew taken on board—Mortality in the ship—Return to Liverpool—Voyage in the Ceres—Attacked by an Indiaman—Barbarous sacrifice of a virgin at Bonny—Visit of an elephant—Laughable anecdote of a native chief—Author chases King Pepple out of the ship—Arrival home in ill health—Obtains command of the Mary—Expense of manning African ships—Impressment—King Pepple’s wives jealous of a figure of a female—Anecdote of Pepple and “Ditto”—King Holiday shot with a bottle of spruce beer—Ludicrous situation of King Pepple in tight boots—A joke played upon him—The ship Bolton blown up—Author’s danger in a boat—Is saved by a tornado—Sails for the West Indies—Preparations for enemies—The devil’s explosion jars, &c.
