204 CONCLUSIONS SUGGESTED BY 
the requifite information, and the neceffary aid. At this time, 
an Interpreter, who is equally acquainted with Arabic and Eng- 
lifli, may be found in London ; and, at all times, the Cities of 
Tripoli, of Tunis, and of Ceuta, aiford a number of Mahometans 
who are almoft as converfant with the Italian or the Spanifh, as 
with the Arabic, their native language. 
But of all the advantages to which a better acquaintance with 
the Inland Regions of Africa may lead, the firfl: in importance 
is, the extenfion of the Commerce, and the encouragement of 
the Manufa(9:ures of Britain. That fire-arms are in requeft 
with all nations, civilized and favage, who have the means of 
obtaining them, experience uniformly proves; and we now 
learn, that to the jealoufy which the Princes on the Southern 
Coaft entertain of the powerful Interior States, and to the total 
negle6t of all opportunities of opening, from more favourable 
quarters, an immediate communication with the inland country, 
it is owing that the faie of one of the moll profitable manufac- 
tures of Great Britain is ftill in a great meafure confined to the 
fcanty Tribes which inhabit the fiiores of the Atlantic. From 
the fame information we are alfo led to conclude, that the anxi- 
ous policy which prohibits the conveyance of fire-arms to the 
Inland Tribes, dictates, as a necefiary caution, the fevereft re- 
ftraints 
