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BLUE-BARRAS AND FISHMEN. 
steam. In order to economise the small quantity of bad 
fuel that we had obtained at Sierra Leone, an attempt was 
made bv the ^ Albert,’ to tow both the* Wilberforce’ and 
the schooner ; but this was found to be worse than useless, 
and it was deemed advisable for each to make the best 
of our way to the rendez-vous at Cape Coast Castle. 
The * Albert’ having more coals, reached a place called 
Sinu, where she stopped to cut wood. The Americans 
have here a small settlement, which was established by 
the Mississippi Society in 1835, it is situated on a 
tongue of land between the river and sea ; and is called 
Grenville. The first Governor, Mr. Finlay, was mur- 
dered some years ago at Gran Bassa, where he touched 
on his way to Monrovia. Unfortunately he was seen by 
the natives to have received some money from the 
captain of the vessel in which he had arrived ; and soon 
after landing, was waylaid and murdered to obtain 
possession of the little property he had about him. 
The perpetrators of the crime could never be discovered, 
but a war was commenced against their tribe, which 
after having been prolonged for some time, terminated 
in the aggressors being obliged to enter into treaties 
\dth their American neighbours. 
There are about five hundred natives at Sinu, who 
are a mixture of Blue-barras and Fishmen, some of whom 
came accidentally to that neighbourhood about sixty 
years ago. 
The habits of the latter seem to preponderate. They 
have no tatooed marks on their persons, and arc as 
