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LIBERATJ5D APKICANS. 
By this opportunity, there were likewise sent to 
Attiko, the King of Soccatoo, a handsome silk tobe, 
a spy-glass, and a package of buttons ; considering the 
occasion a good one, to cultiyate a friendly under- 
standing with these powerful chiefs. 
The three liberated Africans who were thus dis- 
charged, had been for many years associated with 
Englishmen, and had numerous opportunities of be- 
coming acquainted with the blessings of civilized life. 
As they were men of good character, particularly 
Finlay and Yarriba George, their reception and future 
influence in their several cities, will be a subject of 
interesting inquiry. 
At the time of abandoning the model farm, there 
were about twenty acres of land under cultivation, and 
in good order, chiefly planted with cotton, and a few 
yams. The first cropping with corn and cotton had 
entirely failed, as it is supposed from the seed having 
got damaged on the voyage from England. The crops 
then growing were the produce of country seed, and 
were very promising. 
Twelve mud-huts had been erected, as well as the 
model farm-house, except the gable end; and the 
reason given by Nichols the carpenter for this being 
unfinished was, that he could not obtain wood or teach 
the fugitives about the settlement to saw it into planks. 
This of course was a mere subterfuge, as wood abounded 
on the opposite shore, and also quite sufiicient near the 
farm, which might easily have been cut into plank by 
