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fide, IS, becaufe we breath the pure Eaftern Air^ 

 without being oifended with the leaft naufeous 

 fmell : Our Kitchens and Boyling-houfes are on 

 the fame fide, and for the fame Reafon. 



3. Now and then, thefe poor Creatures are, 

 by private Traders, ftole away out of their own 

 Countries, to the eternal fcandal of us Chriftians: 

 But the ufual method of coming by them is, to 

 purchafe them, when taken in their Wars with 

 each other ; and if fome Great Perfons concern- 

 ed in the Trade to Africa^ are not ftrangely be- 

 lied, they frequently fet thefe Black Princes toge- 

 ther by the ears, purely that they may buy the 

 Prifoners for Slaves. In my time, a Captain of 

 a private Trader, went to the Coafts of Guinea^ 

 and after having decoyed two Sons of one of thefe 

 petty Kings, with their Attendants on board his 

 Ship, failed away for the Wejl Indies^ and fold 

 them all there. The Gentleman who bought 

 the Boys, fitted out a Bermudas Sloop, with a 

 proper Cargo, and fent the two Boys back, as a 

 Prefent to their Father, not doubting to make 

 an advantageous Voyage of it ; but the Sloop 

 was not returned, before I came home to Englandy 

 from Nevis. The Captain was a Villain in grain, 

 as well as an utter Enemy to his Country : For 

 if the Black Prince, who was Father to the 

 two Boys, (hould have malfacred all Englijhmen^ 



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