ABSTRACT
Handsome letter to the author from the underwriters—Author sails for Bonny—Impressment—King Holiday’s opinion of the abolition of the slave trade—Holiday’s queen taken ill—Grand palaver in consequence, and extraordinary conduct of King Pepple at the meeting—Wars in Europe and Africa contrasted—Author saves a female from cannibals—Description of the author’s favourite little island the North Breaker Head—Planting of cocoa-nuts upon it—Dismissal of the ex-captain—Dreadful weather at sea—Puts into St. Thomas—Visits the ruins of the bishop’s palace there—Ship takes fire at sea—Author succeeds, at imminent hazard of his life, in extinguishing it—Monkies on board described—Sickness again breaks out—Successful result of the voyage—Humourous conduct of negroes at Jamaica—Price given for negroes at Bonny—Mortality in African ships accounted for—Melancholy career of the author’s son—Concluding reflections.
