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condition of not giving more than forty bars a head 
for each slave. When they wished to pass James- 
Fort for a supply of wood or other necessaries, they 
were obliged to apply to the English governor, who, 
in granting permission, put one of his men on board, 
to observe that they did not engage in any trade. 
After some residence at James- Fort, our author 
was sent up, along with a Mr Roberts, to superin- 
tend the factory at Joar. He had not been long 
here, when they were honoured by a visit from 
the king of Barsally, (Bur Salum,) the most power- 
ful sovereign in this part of Africa, and on whom 
most of the others are dependent. This prince 
had a very commodious house of his own in the 
town, but found it more eligible, for reasons 
that soon appeared, to take up his abode in the 
factory. Here his majesty began by taking pos- 
session of the apartment and bed of Mr Roberts, 
and soon shewed his expectation that every thing 
which the factory contained should be at his dis- 
posal. Some reluctance being shewn to meet his 
views in this particular, he, at the advice of his 
courtiers, caused Mr Roberts to be held, while he 
took from him the key of the storeroom, which was 
immediately searched for every thing that could 
afford gratification to the royal palate. " Brandy 
" was his main hank," of which he found an anker, 
which kept him for three days in a state of most com- 
fortable intoxication. The supply being exhausted, 
