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descended into a boat, and, when I attempted to go down 

 and bring him into the ship, he ran to the stern, and said, 

 " No ! no ! it is enough that I die alone. You must not 

 perish ; if you come I shall throw myself into the water." 

 Perceiving that his mind was affected, I said. " Now, 

 Sekwebu, we are going to Ma Robert." This struck 

 a chord in his bosom, and he said, " O yes ; where is she, 

 and where is Robert ? " and he seemed to recover. The 

 officers proposed to secure him by putting him in irons, 

 but, being a gentleman in his own country, I objected, 

 knowing that the insane often retain an impression of 

 ill-treatment, and I could not bear to have it said in 

 Sekeletu's country that I had chained one of his principal 

 men, as they had seen slaves treated. I tried to get him 

 on shore by day, but he refused. In the evening a fresh 

 accession of insanity occurred — he tried to spear one of 

 the crew, then leaped overboard, and, though he could 

 swim well, pulled himself down hand under hand, by the 

 chain cable. We never found the body of poor Sekwebu. 



At the Mauritius I was most hospitably received by 

 Major-General C. M. Hay, and he generously constrained 

 me to remain with him till, by the influence of the good 

 climate and quiet English comfort, I got rid of an enlarged 

 spleen from African fever. In November I came up 

 the Red Sea ; escaped the danger of shipwreck through 

 the admirable management of Captain Powell, of the 

 Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's ship " Candia ; " 

 and on the 12th of December was once more in dear old 

 England. The Company most liberally refunded my 

 passage-money. I have not mentioned half the favours 

 bestowed, but I may just add that no one has cause for 

 more abundant gratitude to his fellow-men and to his 

 Maker than I have ; and may God grant that the effect 

 on my mind be such that I may be more humbly devoted 

 to the service of the Author of all our mercies ! 



The End. 



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