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principal nobility, vilitsall the churches; whcu 

 fuch was the profuiion of riches I faw, that even 

 in a country where gold and diamonds are the 

 natural produce of the foil, I fhould hardly have 

 thought fuch quantities could have been cdl- 

 Ic*£led in one piace, and for one purpofe, that 

 of adorning the images in the churches. 



Every where as I walked through the ftreets 

 the Orong and xui\y appearance of the negroes 

 forcibly ftruck me. i learnt that they came 

 from a part of Africa different from thofe ufual- 

 Iy imported ; and that their treatment far ex- 

 ceeded even what they received at I\Io de Ja- 

 neiro, 



Mr. Drummond had taken his pafTage inone of 

 the merchant veifels of the convoy ; and on his 

 arrival I found that he Avas very indifferently li- 

 tuated both in point of accommodations and pro- 

 vifions. I therefore, having obtained the Gover- 

 nor's permiffion forhimto remain on fhore,invited 

 liim to my houfe, and he relided with me during 

 my flay. Having a fpare apartment, I gave it to a- 

 foldier, whofc conduct had been more to my 

 fatisfacflion than any of his comrades, and vvhofe 

 wife, a decent woman, and whofe infant child 

 feem.ed almofi: worn out with remaining fq long 

 on board. 



While we were here, Prater prevailed on fome 

 perfon to advance him about twenty pounds. 



Drummond 



