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cions of him, and desired the interpreter to send 

 Muzza on board. I suspected that this man 

 might be employed by the king to come on board 

 with some bad design. However, I had him 

 placed in irons, and sent into the engine-room 

 out of sight. 



Some canoes that went to market on the 22nd 

 were filled with slaves, principally men. The 

 two prisoners I had had on board were sent by 

 them to the Eboe market. I could not help 

 feeling for them, and had only taken charge of 

 them from political motives. It appears that 

 their fault was very trifling. A canoe of the 

 king's was passing the town in which they re- 

 sided, in need of more hands, and these two men 

 were selected by the chief to supply the defici- 

 ency. While engaged in getting on a cloth or 

 something of that, nature, the canoes departed 

 without them. At the desire of the king, the 

 poor fellows were seized and carried before him, 

 sent on board the Alburkah, and were now at 

 the market. 



Six persons, I am told, have been executed in 

 as many weeks. It appears that there was a 

 great demand for slaves at Eboe market at this 

 time, and this ill-gotten wealth has been distri- 



