350 A SPANISH SLAVER. 



a few feet of the poor creature. Her arms and 

 legs were disengaged ; but, owing to the severe 

 pressure which had been used, she could not walk 

 until she was actually under her own roof. In- 

 deed, so unexpected and unlooked-for had been 

 her rescue, that she could not believe we were 

 in earnest. She then pressed my hand with gra- 

 titude, and looked what her heart felt. In a 

 short time after this, she completely recovered 

 her spirits, and went on board a slaver, without 

 any emotion, for she had no one to live for or no 

 one to care for. 



About this time a Spanish brig came into the 

 river, to take in a cargo of slaves. She had 

 been at Bonny a short time, and had been block- 

 aded by his Majesty's ship Charybdis, Lieutenant 

 Crawford. She got clear of the river quite light, 

 having purchased her slaves, and sent them back 

 from Bonny through the creeks to Brass Town. 

 On the arrival of the brig in the Nun, the cap- 

 tain proceeded to Brass, and in two days return- 

 ed "with three hundred and twenty-nine slaves. 

 They were shipped on board at four o'clock in 

 the morning from King Jacket's canoes. She 

 made sail at twelve, and was soon out of sight. 

 In justice to the captain of this slaver, I must 



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