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came out to tow us into the harbour. The constant strain on 
his untutored mind seemed now to reach a cKmax, for during 
the night he became insane. I thought at first that he was 
intoxicated. He had descended into a boat, and, when I attempted 
to go down and bring him into the ship, he ran to the stern, and 
said, No! no! it is enough that I die alone. You must not 
perish; if you come I shall throw myself into the water.” Per¬ 
ceiving that his mind was affected, I said, “ Now, Sekwebu, we 
are going to Ma Eobert.” This struck a chord in his bosom, 
and he said, “0 yes; where is she, and where is Eobert?” and 
he seemed to recover. The officers proposed to secure liim by 
putting him in irons, but, being a gentleman in his own country, 
I objected, knowing that the insane often retain an impres¬ 
sion of ill-treatment, and I could not bear to have it said in 
Sekeletu’s country that I had chained one of his principal men, 
as they had seen slaves treated. I tried to get him on shore by 
day, but he refused. In the evening a fresh accession of iusanity 
occurred—he tried to spear one of the crew, then leaped over¬ 
board, and, though he could swim well, pulled himself down 
hand under hand, by the chain cable. We never found the body 
of poor Sekwebu. 
At the Mauritius I was most hospitably received by Major- 
General C. M. Hay, and he generously constrained me to remain 
with him till, by the mfluence of the good climate and quiet 
English comfort, I got rid of an enlarged spleen from African 
fever. In November I came up the Eed Sea; escaped the 
danger of sliipwreck through the admirable management of 
Captain Powell, of the Peniusular and Oriental Steam Com¬ 
pany’s ship “Candia;” and on the 12th of December was once 
more in dear old England. The Company most liberally refunded 
my passage-money. I have not mentioned half the favours 
bestowed, but I may just add that no one has cause for more 
abmidant gratitude to his fellow-men and to his Maker than I 
have; and may God grant that the effect on my mind be such 
that I may be more humbly devoted to the service of the Author 
of all our mercies! 
ArPENDlX. 
