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dominions of the Att^h, and the Commissioners ap- 
pointed by his Majesty, being on board the ‘ Albert,’ and 
also the chiefs of the districts about to be purchased, 
the Deed of Cession was fully explained to them in the 
Haussa language, and the frontiers agreed upon. It 
was especially stipulated, that all those native proprietors 
of slaves, who now were settled, or who hereafter might 
settle, on the ceded territory, must not expect to hold 
those slaves under British protection. The agents 
thoroughly comprehended the whole meaning of the 
Deed, to the reading of which they appeared to give 
much patient attention ; — unless we mistook apathy for 
such a laudable bearing. 
The tract of land fixed on, and agreed to 
by the agents, extends about sixteen miles along the 
right bank of the river, and four miles from its 
margin. The boundaries were pointed out to be, — 
