4806.] Obfervations made during a Tour in the United States. 807 
for produce ; for he has only to feize and 
fell his debtor, or the family, or even 
town'men o! his debtor, in order to fecure 
himiclf again& lois : he can therefore ge- 
nerally gain (ome preference over the Com- 
pany, by affording a larger credit to the 
natives. The flave-trade alfo renders the 
Africans, efpecially thofe who live near 
the coaft, drunken, idle, and ferocious 5 
and by the high profits which it prefenrs, 
it has tempied fome fettlers at Sierra Le- 
one, and even a few individuals who had 
gone out in the Company’s employ, either 
to embark in the fervice of flave-fattories, 
or to enter on their own account into that 
traffic. 
The obftacles to the progrefs of the co- 
lony which have now been enumerated are 
the following : 
rft., and chiefly, The want of a fufh- 
cient power and authority in the Govern- 
ment. | 
2. The unfavourable character of the 
Nova Scotians. 
3. The infuficiency of its force to 
check the encroachments or difcourage the 
agereffions of the neighbouring natives. 
4. The climate. 
5. Ihe inexperience of the conductors 
of the undertaking in the early period of 
the fettlement. 
6. The too great limitation of the Com- 
pany’s eftablifhment. 
7. The war, ° 
8. The flave-trade. 
Many of thefe obftacles may now be 
faid to have ceafed. The flave trade itill 
oppofes its influence. The climate alfo, 
though conitantly improving, will conti- 
nue to be unfavourable to thofe Europe- 
ans who are negligent of their health. 
Some of the Timmaneys, moreover, may 
be expeéted to continue to form defigns 
againit the colony, fo long as the idea of 
its infecurity remains. The character of 
the Nova-Scotians, fuppofing the Govern-~ 
ment to be firong, may be expected to 
improve, as may alfo that of the Maroons; 
who, on the contrary, if the ruling power 
fhould be weak, will poffefs a very dange- 
rous influence. 
On the whole, it appears, that the full 
eftablifhment of the authority and power 
of the Governor and Council, together 
with the ereétion of a fort, and the mainte- 
nance of a force fufficient to fecure the co- 
lony from any attempts of the Timma- 
Reys, are the points on which the hopes of 
the fuccefs of the undertaking muft prin. 
cipally reft. Unlefs the colony is likely 
to be rendered permanently fafe, the Di- 
rectors 2re of opinion that it ought to be 
relinquithed. 
’ It isindeed obvious, that the flow pro- 
grefs of African civilization in general 
is to be a{cribed to the infecurity both of 
perfons and property on that continent. 
(Ic be continued.) 
Hy) Ba CN 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
OBSERVATIONS made duriig a TOUR 
through the UNITED STATES of AME= 
RICA. 
NO. VIII. 
[ Continued from p.298 of our laf? Number. ] 
F you have inferted my preceding let- 
ters, your readers will have obferved 
that I have compelled them to fubmit to 
the drudgery not only of accompanying 
me through my journey, but of attending 
to thofe reflections which arofe in my 
mind as I went along, and jometimes even 
to thole fuggettions which prefented them- 
felves when copying from my journal. 
As the fituation and circumftances of 
our refpective countries may fhortly ren-— 
der the tran{miffion of letters from hence 
to England improper, it may be expected 
by fome that I fhould take a view of the 
caufes which have effected this alteration ; 
but this I deem improper. With the im- 
menfe majority of my fellow-citizens, I 
place the moit implicit confidence in the 
virtues, talents, and energies, of our pub- 
lic fervants. Chofen by ourfelves, and 
tried by time, we can appreciate their 
worth and eftimate their exertions. Shouid 
then the unprofitable conteft arife, of 
which nation can do the other the mof 
harm, all I fhall fay is, that if an idea pre- 
vails ia’ England that we are not one unit- 
ed people, that one firm fentiment does not 
on that fubject pervade the whole of this 
vai republic, and that one mind does not 
determine this people to (uffer every cala- 
mity which war may infli&t, rather than 
-fubmit to continued injaftice, the error is 
unfortunate, and may prove fatal. 
This obfervation being made, YT fhall 
proceed to ftate, that we left the Harp, at 
the foot of Mount Dallas, at fix o’clock in 
the morning of the 25th of April. Pre- 
fenily the adjoining, and almoft every 
where furrounding hills, became capped 
with clouds, and various and diverfifed 
fiorms floated acrofs the different valiies. 
It 
