: Journal of an African Cruiser Comprising Sketches of the Canaries the Cape De Verds Liberia Madeira Sierra Leone and Other Places of Interest on the West Coast of Africa by Bridge Horatio Hawthorne Nathaniel Editor - Africa West Description and travel; Br

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Departure--Mother Carey's Chickens--The Gulf Stream--Rapid Progress--The French Admiral's Cook--Nautical Musicians--The sick Man--The Burial at Sea--Arrival at the Canaries--Santa Cruz--Love and Crime--Island of Grand Canary--Troglodytes near Las Palmas.

Nelson's Defeat at Santa Cruz--The Mantilla--Arrival at Porto Grande--Poverty of the Inhabitants--Portuguese Exiles at the Cape de Verds--City of Porto Praya--Author's Submersion--Green Turtle--Rainy Season--Anchor at Cape Mesurado.

Visit of Governor Roberts, &c.--Arrival at Cape Palmas--American Missionaries--Prosperity of the Catholic Mission--King Freeman, and his Royal Robe--Customs of the Kroo-People--Condition of Native Women.

Return to Monrovia--Sail for Porto Praya--The Union Hotel--Reminiscences of Famine at the Cape de Verds--Frolics of Whalemen--Visit to the Island of Antonio--A Dance--Fertility of the Island--A Yankee Clockmaker--A Mountain Ride--City of Poverson--Point de Sol--Kindness of the Women--The handsome Commandant--A Portuguese Dinner.

Arrival of the Macedonian--Return to the Coast of Africa--Emigrants to Liberia--Tornadoes--Maryland in Liberia--Nature of its Government--Perils of the Bar--Mr. Russwurm--The Grebo Tribe--Manner of disposing of their Dead.

Settlement of Sinoe--Account of a Murder by the Natives--Arrival at Monrovia--Appearance of the Town--Temperance--Law-Suits and Pleadings--Expedition up the St. Paul's River--Remarks on the Cultivation of Sugar--Prospects of the Coffee-culture in Liberia--Desultory observations on Agriculture.

High Character of Governor Roberts--Suspected Slaver--Dinner on Shore--Facts and Remarks relative to the Slave-Trade--British Philanthropy--Original cost of a Slave--Anchor at Sinoe--Peculiarities and distinctive Characteristics of the Fishmen and Bushmen--The King of Appollonia--Religion and Morality among the Natives--Influence of the Women.

Palaver at Sinoe--Ejectment of a Horde of Fishmen--Palaver at Settra Kroo--Mrs. Sawyer--Objections to the Marriage of Missionaries--A Centipede--Arrival at Cape Palmas--Rescue of the Sassy-wood drinker--Hostilities between the Natives and Colonists.

Palaver with King Freeman--Remarks on the Influence of Missionaries--Palaver at Rock-Boukir--Narrative of Captain Farwell's murder--Scene of Embarkation through the Surf--Sail for Little Berebee.

Palaver at Little Berebee--Death of the Interpreter and King Ben Cracko and burning of the Town--Battle with the Natives, and Conflagration of several Towns--Turkey Buzzards--A Love-Letter--Moral Reflections--Treaty of Grand Berebee--Prince Jumbo and his Father--Native system of Expresses--Curiosity of the Natives.

Madeira--Aspect of the Island--Annual races--"Hail Columbia!"--Ladies, Cavaliers, and Peasants--Dissertation upon Wines--The Clerks of Funchal--Decay of the Wine-Trade--Cultivation of Pine-Trees--A Night in the Streets--Beautiful Church--A Sunday-evening Party--Currency of Madeira.

Passage back to Liberia--Coffee Plantations--Dinner on shore--Character of Colonel Hicks--Shells and Sentiment--Visit to the Council-chamber--The New-Georgia Representative--A Slave-ship--Expedition up the St. Paul's--Sugar Manufactory--Maumee's beautiful grand-daughter--The Sleepy Disease--The Mangrove-tree.

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