Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa The religion, character, customs, &c. of the natives; with a system upon which they may be civilized, and a knowledge attained of the interior of this extraordinary quarter of the globe; and upon the natural and commercial resources of the country; made in the years 1805 and 1806; with an appendix, containing a letter to Lord Howick, on the most simple and effectual means of abolishing the slave trade

CHAPTER III.

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An Excursion to the main Land.--Visit to King Marraboo.--Anecdotes of this Chief.--Another Excursion, accompanied by Mr. Hamilton.--A shooting Party, acccompanied by Marraboo's Son, Alexander, and other Chiefs.--Reflections upon Information obtained from them, and at Goree, relative to this Part of the Coast.--Embark in his Majesty's Sloop of War the Eugenia, which convoyed Mr. Mungo Park in the Brig Crescent, to the River Gambia, on his late Mission to the Interior of Africa.--Observations on that Subject.--Arrive in Porto Praya Bay, in the Island of St. Jago.--Some Remarks upon that Island.--Departure from thence to England, and safe Arrival at Portsmouth