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ADVERTISEMENT. 
ON presenting the following brief reniarks 
for the perusal of the pubhc, the author feels 
convinced that they can have no other claim to 
notice, than such they may deserve on 
account of their veracity. When he took the 
various sketches from which the accompanying 
engravings have been produced, it was with an 
intention to give Picturesque Views of the 
African Coast; but his intentions having been 
rendered abortive by the capture of the ship 
to which he belonged, he can now only offer 
the few trifling observations which he Avas 
enabled to make, during the short time he 
remained ashore. These, however, will be 
found, perhaps, to possess no small interest^ 
as they will afford a correct idea of the present 
state of Sierra Leone, and the Slave-Trade, as 
well as of the customs and manners of the va- 
rious native tribes. 
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