CAPTURE OF A SLAVG SHIP. 
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its strength, that they determined to relinquish their project. There 
was no order, or any apparent idea o? religion aiaong tlîera. 
When they heard of l^ord Nelson's victory, the paper was sent 
.to every sliip : it stated that diere was only four sail of French 
ships which conid be of any service to the English, the rest were 
Spaniards Wiien the dehided Frenchmen heard this, they 
pnhed off then' caps and huzza'd " /'/re l'Empereur''^,'' till the 
decks echoed with their shouts. They boasted hj^^hly of their 
continental victories, but allowed the English to be their masters 
on the ocean. / 
Nothing particular happened till the 22d of January. When 
we made Cape Mount, the commodore sent two slaps round in 
such a manrjer that it was impossible any ihmg should escape. 
'Ihere were lour vessels luthe bay, lisree American and an unfor- 
tunate Liverpool slave brig, which tired agusi ; aiid on the French 
commodore hauihig down English and hoisting his own colours, 
she struck. Her name was the Trio. The female slaves on 
board her they sold ti* the Americans, and the male ones they di*- 
vided among their own ships. The lirst lieutenant went on shore 
for the Trio's boat, which was atiirst refused fiim by King Peter 
Careiul, wlso thus reasoned \\ hh him : ^' Suppose I no give it you, 
how y<;u get it ? you no have it." Bat when he found he was En- 
glish, tiifc prince sent orders to have it gsven up to him. It was hid 
among the bushes up a small arm oi the nver, over which the 
mandmgo trees made a complete cover; and as he could have 
brought 4000 men with fn e-arms mto die bashes, could tliey have 
found it, it would have been impossible to succeed in cairymg it 
away. The first mate of the Trio went with our oliicer, and 
asked Jack, the prime n::inister, it he had nolhmg io ijdm. " Yes/' 
said he; " look in that box:" in whicli appeared, as they sup- 
posed, a kid, of which they ate very hearty, and washed it down 
vni\\ trade brandy. After which Jack asked, What you eatf" 
They guessed kid. He said, JNo; it be t/o^\ Me see you 
coming, Me no kid, no fowls, no nothing but poor dog. You 
ask me to yam. Me kill dog and roast dog. ïou no like dog; 
you sick. You yam more than me." At this they could not 
help laughing ; and they declared it was extremely .;ood. They 
stopped all night, but could not sleep for die tilth; and Lieu- 
tenant Parsons, in the mornmg, came down to the beach. He 
was very soon joined by the king, who, during the night, was very 
uneasy, changed his dress four or tive times, and appeared very 
jealous. Jn the morning they returned. Before we took the 
* After the punishment, the poor boys stand with their trowsers down, 
and are obhged to cry out, *' Vk)ç f Empereur,'^ 
