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agreed with Captain Dalrymple, who commanded the e:^pedi- 
tioji, to buy in the name of the colonists the whole of the isle 
of Bulam, as well as a great tract of territory on thé neighbouring 
continent. 
This project was carried into execution, and the sale was 
made to them by three negroes, who seemed to have an equal 
right to the property which they sold; the price of this acquisi- 
tion was 473 bars. 
This transaction put a stop to one of the causes of dis- 
sension which had always prevailed amongst the Europeans; it 
terminated those incessant quarrels which took place amongst 
the Negro kings about the possession of the island, and which 
always caused the shedding of blood. The English were wise 
enough to renounce all ideas of usurpation; they bought and 
became masters of the island by a written and voluntary con- 
vention. 
The directors of this benevolent association, however, wanted 
practical knowledge in such kinds of enterprise. The colonists ar- 
rived in the rainy season, which is the most unhealthy period. Se- 
veral individuals became terrified at the insalubrity of tlie climate; 
they supposed that a more extensive degree of cultivation would 
be necessary to support them in the colony: hence they returned 
to England with their wives and children. 
Another cause of failure was, that they did not pay a sufficient 
regard to the choice of their colonists : for amongts those whom 
they took out were several men of bad principles and immoral 
conduct, who excited divisions in this infant establishment. On 
the other hand, the leaders neglected to bring with them car- 
casses and other materials necessary for building houses, which 
v/ore indispensable to secure them from the rain and sun. 
At length the late war was one of the principal causes of the 
want of success to this undertaking, as it cut off all commu- 
nication between the colony and Europe. Captain Beaver in his 
Report on the J 9th of January, 1794, said, that the enterprise 
had not failed, but that it had been unfortunate through un- 
foreseen circumstances : he, however, made the greatest efforts, 
and his good conduct and perseverance from the 5th of May, 
1792, to the 29th of November, 1793, afford the highest idea 
of his courage and abilities. 
cieHtly evident: his object is to promote the ambitious views of his coTin- 
trymen at the expence of every other nation. His account ôf Bulam is 
partial and unsatisfactory; but as he has mentioned the name of Captain 
Reaver, we wiil refer our readers for a full and interesting history of the 
establishment at Bulam, to a work which he lately published, intitled- 
African Memoranda f &:c/" — Ed, 
