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women to the embraces of strangers, is confined to those 
parts of the country where they have had communication 
with Europeans, who have encouraged such connections ; 
though it must be admitted that, on the present occasion, 
very little difference, in this respect, appears to have been 
observed on the part of the women, in places beyond where 
slave dealers are in the habit of visiting. Captain Tuckey, 
however, says, that in no one instance, beyond Embomma, 
did they find the men adlant en avant in their offer of the 
women ; but the Embomma men said, falsely it is to be 
hoped, that it was only their ignorance, and the little in- 
tercourse they had with white men, that prevented it ; and 
that any of them would think themselves honoured by 
giving up his wife or daughter to a white man. 
No such licentious conduct it would seem is sanctioned 
among themselves; where natives are the only parties 
concerned, an intrigue with another man’s wife entails 
slavery on both the offenders; and if the wife of a 
Chenoo should go astray, he inflicts what punishment he 
may think fit on the lady, but the paramour must suffer 
death. Mr. Fitzmaurice states, that an instance of this 
kind occurred while he was stationed at Embomma. The 
man was first carried to Sherwood, the mate of a slave 
ship then trading in the river, and offered to him for sale ; 
but on being rejected, those who had charge of him 
bound his hands and feet, and, without further ceremony, 
threw him into the river. 
Morat anno Puysicat Cuaracter.—lIt is a strange 
inconsistency of human feeling that, in all uncultivated 
