AFRICA; $ 
tei>t tnetal would have p;roduced more €ffe<3t 
upon them than the moft humane and generous 
fentiments. Every expedition th^t brbiight ik) 
gold with it, was^ in their eftimation, fo much 
time wretchedly mifpent. This paffioi^ for 
gold is the chain that links together the* feat- 
tered Dutch, I remember, that in my early ' 
youth, when my father took me wittji him to a 
diftance from the colony, and we brought back 
with us, to Paramaribo, fome curious objeds for 
the embellifliment of his cabinet, the inhabi- 
tants never failed to afk vyhy inftead of thef$ 
things we had nojt brought gold. 
But let me not forget that I found among 
the crowd fome enlightened amateurs, whofe 
fufFrage were a counterbalance to thefe repeated 
mortificationSj and by whom my labours were 
^n a manner appreciated and felt. 
In the nuniber of thefe judges I ought parti- 
cularJy to diftinguifh Colonel Gordon, He 
had traverfed, like myfelf, fome of the foutherii 
countries of Africa. To many of the literati 
of Europe his obfervations ^re known. Should 
he read this account, he will find in it the pledge 
of an efteem that is without bounds. May it 
induce him to extend his reputation by pub- 
|ilhing his difcoverie^. lie owes tq Europe 
