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The drawings and portraits were made on 
the spot ; and the author, although he may so- 
licit indulgence, under the circumstances which 
he has already stated, for the brevity of his 
descriptions, has nevertheless little to regret 
on that account, when it is considered that 
almost every thing which can be said relative 
to the Western Coast of Africa, has already 
been detailed by other and more competent 
travellers. 
The author and his companions were cap- 
tured early in 1806, and were soon afterwards 
sent to England in the Trio cartel, a Liverpool 
Slave-brig, 
