CHAPTER II. 



PLYMOUTH TO BAIIIA. 



SAIL FROM PLYMOUTH — THE EIGHT STONES — PEAK OP TE- 



NERIFE APPROACH TO SANTA CRUZ — " LA CUEVA DE 



LOS GUANCHES" TRADE "WITH MOGADORE — INTERCOURSE 



BETWEEN MOGADORE AND MOMBAS REASON TO REGRET 



MOMBAS HAVING BEEN GIVEN UP — SAIL FROM TENERIFE 



— SEARCH FOR ROCKS NEAR THE EQUATOR ARRIVAL AT 



SAN SALVADOR — APPEARANCE OF BAHIA — STATE OF THE 



COUNTRY — SLAVE TRADE AND RESULTS OF SLAVERY 



EXTENSION OF THE SLAVE TRADE ON THE EASTERN COAST 

 OF AFRICA — MORAL CONDITION OF THE NEGROES — MIDDy's 

 GRAVE — DEPARTURE FROM BAHIA— AND MR. "VERY WELL 

 DICE." 



The morning of the 5tli July saw us running 

 out of Plymouth Sound with a light northerly wind, 

 and hazy weather : soon after we were outside we 

 spoke H. M. S. * Princess Charlotte,* bearing the 

 flag of Admiral Sir R. Stopford, and as she was 

 bound down channel we kept together for the next 

 three days : she had old shipmates on board, and 

 was not the less an object of interest on that account. 

 Nothing worthy of particular notice occurred during 

 the run to Santa Cruz in Tenerife, which we made 

 on the 18th of July; having in obedience to our 

 instructions passed over the presumed site of " The 



