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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
jesty's ship Pheasant, Captain Kelly, whose po- 
liteness and attention to myself and men I shall 
never forget. 
His Excellency Sir Charles McCarthy, who 
had just arrived from England, was then about 
visiting some of the liberated negro establish- 
ments in the country towns, accompanied by all 
the civil and miUtary staff of the colony. I felt 
too much concern in the welfare of those truly 
interesting objects not to make one of the party, 
and therefore had an opportunity of witnessing 
the wonderful improvements that had taken place 
in every town since I had before seen them, in- 
deed some having all the appearance and regu- 
larity of the neatest village in England, with 
church, school, and commodious residences for 
the missionaries and teachers, had not in 1817 
been more than thought of. Descending some of 
the hills, I was surprised on perceiving neat and 
well laid out villages in places where, but four 
years before, nothing was to be seen except al- 
most impenetrable thickets, but arriving in those 
villages the beauty and interesting nature of such 
objects was much enhanced by the clean, order- 
ly, and respectable appearance of the cottages 
and their inhabitants, particularly the young 
people and children, who, at all the towns, as- 
sembled to welcome with repeated cheers the 
return of their Governor and daddy (father), 
