OFF FOR THE JUNGLE. 



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crew of the slaver, twenty-four all told, were transferred 

 to the ' Pantaloon,' and a lieutenant and prize crew were 

 detailed to convey the schooner to Sierra Leone. Before 

 parting company, however, an exciting scene of plunder 

 was enacted, officers and sailors keenly searching after 

 comestibles which — although articles of daily food on 



THE LOW LINK OP THE AFRICAN SHORE. 



shore — were luxuries to men shut up for months in an 

 African cruiser. 



" Tins of preserved meats, sardines, potted salmon, and 

 lobster ; boxes .of sugar, raisins, butter, wine, and ale re- 

 warded the laughing plunderers, and were passed into 

 the ship under the very eyes of the slave-captain. Soon, 

 however, his face cleared up and he puffed his paper 

 cheroot with calmness, consoled, doubtless, by the recoh 



