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bours, the produce of his hunting or iishiiig, would be held up 
to public cooteoipt. 
Agriculture, that necessary art, is considered amongst them to 
he the occupation of slaves or women ; and in some parts, the 
only advantage which the latter have over the slaves, is, that they 
are allowed to rest every third day, from what may be considered 
excessive labour. 
The nature of their food, clothing, and dwellings, has been 
already described. Hence, it is evident, that the Africans have 
lost nothing, nor can they sustain any loss from dieir intercourse 
with Europeans ; but ihey have acquired information, property, 
and a practice of virtue; advantages which have contributed to 
their happiness. Let us therefore hope, that ail the hordes of 
Africa may one day resemble the rnhabitants of St. Louis and 
Goree; tiiey will then be hapyy, and owe their improvement to 
their connection with the whites. 
CHAP. XVKL 
ACCOUNT OF MY RETURN TO EUROPE, WITH THE PAR- 
TICULARS OF MY SHIPWRECK. 
Ï LEFT the Senegal for Havre on the 24th July, 1786, on 
board the brigantine l'Aimable Marthe; the crew consisted of 
the captain, wh(>se name was Doré, a lieutenant, a carpenter, a 
mate, and three sailors. The passengers were Messrs. Gourg, 
naval commissioners at Senegal, Longer, captain of a frigate^ 
Bernard my cook, a young Negro and myself. 
After an uncommonly long and dangerous passage, we were 
of opinion, on the 12th September, in the morning, that we 
should arrive iu the course of the night at 'Havre ; and w-e in 
consequence gave ourselves up to that pleasure which travellers 
alw ays experience at the end of a long voyage ; when I perceived 
that the captain was out in his reckoning, and that we were in 
the Bristol channel. 1 informed him of this circumstance^ and 
Lis surprise was equal to my own. The weather w^as stormy, 
the sea ran high, and the rapid gusts of wind indicated an ap- 
proaching tempest. 
At three o'clock we were in sight of Lundy island, and at- 
tempted to take refuge at it; but our efforts were unavailing; 
and we then directed our course for the bay of Tumby, which 
we entered, though liere our hopes of finding a shelter also 
proved abortive ; and we could not withstand the violence of the 
wind and tide. We viere, however, near enough to the shore 
to observe the inhabitants collecting upon it, and expressing their 
legret that they could not afford us any assistance. We had 
