472 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



O'Callaghan, Mclntyre, Bob Hutchinson, Hoare, 

 Edwards and Captain Wood, of the Marines, who 

 was acting as " Receiver-General." 



A day or tw^o after I arrived, the cargo of a 

 condemned slaver was sold off by auction, and I 

 bought a couple of casks of trade rum, each con- 

 taining about one hundred and twenty gallons, 

 for nine pounds, and sent them as a present to 

 Governor Freeman, to cheer up the hearts of his 

 native guests, and make them "laughful," an 

 African word equivalent to " half-seas over." 



On "Good Friday," the 18th April, the E.A.M.S. 

 '^Armenian," came in at 11 a.m., and I dined on 

 board with Captain Wyld, who had had a run in 

 " the little village " since T saw him. In the after- 

 noon the mail-bags for the South Coast were put 

 on board the " Wrangler," and bidding our friends 

 at Cape Coast adieu, we embarked, weighing anchor 

 just before sunset. 



On the 22nd April, at daybreak, we sighted 

 Prince's Island, and on entering West Bay found 

 H.M.S. "Arrogant," commanded by Commodore 

 Edmonstone. Soon after we anchored, I went with 



