VOYAGE TO THE NIGER. 41 
end of the town, forms one of the marked features of Cape 
Coast Castle. As we were about to proceed to Accra, I 
thought it important to avail myself of the opportunity and 
to visit, if possible, the Danish settlements, founded in the 
interior by Isert, and to obtain information respecting them, 
which had not been received at all of late. The Wilberforce 
was not ready for sea; but the Albert left on Friday, the 
30th July; and Captain Trotter allowed me to make the 
passage in this vessel, thus saving much of my time. We 
anchored on Saturday afternoon, at British Accra; but it was 
late before I got on shore; for the surf would not let us land 
without canoes, which, as at Cape Coast Castle, are made 
pointed at one end, and provided with a high bulwark. 
As my excursions led into the mountains, Dr. Stanger 
offered to accompany us; and Mr. McLean, who went with 
us on shore, kindly provided us with quarters for the night, 
it being too late to proceed to Danish Accra. Sunday 
morning, the lst of August, we set out in two little carriages, 
each drawn by four negroes, (here also the common way of 
travelling for Europeans) for Danish Accra ; where we called 
on Mr. Richter, a Danish merchant, and accompanied: by 
him visited the Danish Governor, Mr. Dall; to whom Mr. 
Richter and Mr. M’Lean introduced us. 
The fortifications here are not important: they consist of 
afew large houses, with lofty, airy rooms surrounded by a 
wall and breastwork, and are inhabited by the Europeans. 
They are white-washed and conspicuous at a great distance. 
The Danish fort is classic ground for a botanist, for here 
Isert and Thonning made the collection, through which we 
became acquainted with this Flora. The humane spirit of 
Isert, so warmly expressed in his writings on behalf of the 
negroes, rendered this place highly interesting to me; and ` 
the more so, as we were engaged in an enterprize, aiming at 
the objects which he had endeavoured to attain during the 
latter years of his life. I inquired anxiously after his esta- 
blishments in the interior, but could obtain no official infor- 
mation about them. After Isert’s decease, they had gone 
