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used it immediately sours and becomes intoxi- 
cating, which effect it soon had on Bojar and 
all his followers. They were, however, very good 
humoured, and so great was the prince's wish 
to make me comfortable and feel at home (as he 
said) that he sent for one of his sisters and pre- 
sented her to me as a companion to cheer my 
idle hours, and teach me to speak Bambarran. 
My want of gallantry upon this occasion was re- 
marked by all present, and I was asked if I had 
a wife in my own country, or if I did not think 
the one presented to me handsome enough for 
my acceptance. An effort to extricate myself from 
a repetition of such favours, and at the same time 
to avoid insulting her sable Highness, obliged 
me to say that I was married, and dare not in- 
fringe the laws of my country, which punished 
with death any man who took unto himself 
more than one wife. This answer excited more 
than common remarks on the part of the prince, 
who said he had been told that white women 
were so completely mistresses of the men, that 
the whole care and labour of supporting our 
families depended on the latter, who dare not 
even speak to any woman save their wives. 
Another question of his, namely, should he come 
to England, would the king give him one of his 
daughters to wife ? drew from me an answer, of 
