CHAPTER XXVII.

Return to the Southern Coast--Capture of the American Slave-Ship “Martha”--Claim to Brazilian Nationality--Letters found on board illustrative of the Slave-Trade--Loanda--French, English, and Portuguese Cruisers--Congo River--Boarding Foreign Merchant Vessels--Capture of the “Volusia” by a British Cruiser--She claims American Nationality--The Meeting of the Commodores at Loanda--Discussions in relation to Interference with Vessels ostensibly American--Seizure of the American Brigantine “Chatsworth,”--Claims by the Master of the “Volusia”. 285