CHAPTER XXV.

Cruise of the “Perry”--Instructions--Dispatched to the South Coast--Benguela--Case of a Slaver which had changed her Nationality captured by an English Cruiser--St. Paul de Loanda--Abuse of the American Flag--Want of a Consul on the South Coast--Correspondence with British Officers in relation to Slavers under the American Flag--The Barque “Navarre”--Treaty with Portugal--Abatement of Custom-House Duties--Cruising off Ambriz--An Arrangement made with the British Commodore for the Joint Cruising of the “Perry” and Steamer “Cyclops”--Co-operation with the British Squadron for the Suppression of the Slave-Trade--Fitting out of American Slavers in Brazil. 254