chap, ii.] WEST INDIES. 2 6 i 
Number of Slaves . 
Of which Gambia furnishes about _ _ _ 700 
Isles Delos, and the adjacent rivers 1,500 
From Sierra Leone to Cape Mount 2,000 
Cape Mount to C. Palmas 3,000 
Cape Palmas to C. Appollonia 1,000 
Gold Coast - - - - _ - 10,000 . 
Quitto and Popo - - - _ _ 1,000 
Whidah. 4,500 
Porto Novo, Eppee, and Bidagry 3,500 
Lagos and Benin - - - _ _ 3,500 
Bonny and New Calabar - - 14,500 
Old Calabar and Cameroons - - 7,000 
Gabon and Cape Lopez - - - 500 
Loango, Melimba, and Cape Renda 13,500 
Majumba, Ambris, and Missoula 1,000 
Loango St. Paul’s, and Benguela 7,000 
Total 74,200 
Of the miserable people thus condemned to per¬ 
petual exile and servitude, though born in various 
and widely separated countries, it is not easy to dis¬ 
criminate the peculiar manners and native propen¬ 
sities. The similar and uniform system of life to 
which they are all reduced,; the few opportunities 
and the little encouragement that are given them for 
mental improvement, are circumstances that neces¬ 
sarily induce a predominant and prevailing cast of 
character and disposition. “ The day,” says Ho¬ 
mer, ‘ c which makes man a slave, takes away 
half his worth,” and, in fact, he loses every im¬ 
pulse to action, except that of fear. Nevertheless, 
there are among several of the African nations some 
