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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
vided into two heads; namely, first, that in 
slaves, now nearly extinct, at least as far as ex- 
portation is concerned, in consequence of the 
constant surveillance of the British cruisers on 
the coast, and the unremitted exertions of the 
government of Sierra Leone to lead the people 
of that country to a more intimate connexion 
with the colony, and a more valuable employ- 
ment of their time, in cultivating and bringing 
into our market there the other productions of 
their own and surrounding countries, which may 
be considered as the second head under which 
their commercial pursuits can be classed. The 
Rio Nunez and Pongas, which were formerly 
infested by slave dealers and their emissaries, 
are now freed from the odious burden of such a 
party, and those who still retain factories there, 
although they would smile at the revival of that 
unnatural trade, see so little prospect of its ever 
again being open to them, that they begin to 
think of other and less nefarious means of 
amassing wealth. 
