MONROVIA. — CALDWELL. 39 



passage to Cape Coast. On Tuesday the 19th 

 we made Cape Mesurado, having fallen about 

 forty-five miles to leeward while under canvass. 

 On our arrival in the bay off Monrovia, the Ame- 

 rican settlement, we found two American brigs 

 and a schooner lying at anchor, the latter be- 

 longing to the colony. 



The appearance of Monrovia from the sea is 

 picturesque. Cape Mesurado, on the side of 

 which it stands, rises abruptly from a low flat 

 shore, and towards the sea is almost perpendi- 

 cular. As our only object was to obtain a supply 

 of fuel, we were much disappointed on finding 

 that the river St. Paul was not considered navi- 

 gable, no vessel, with the exception of a small 

 schooner of fifty tons burthen, having crossed the 

 bar. As it was impossible to get wood from off 

 the beach without great delay, Captain Harries 

 determined to attempt the bar ; and accordingly 

 having sounded it, and finding seven feet water, 

 we crossed in safety and found ourselves in a 

 small shallow river full of rocky shoals. On the 

 arrival of the Alburkah we proceeded about two 

 miles and a half up the river, to Caldwell, an- 

 other settlement of the Americans. The gover- 

 nor had sent a gentleman of colour with us to 



