with a brief notice of the neighbouring tribes, soil, productions, &c. and some observations on the facility of Colonizing that part of Africa, with a View to Cultivation; and the introduction of letters and religion to its inhabitants: but more particularly as the means of gradually abolishing African Slavery relative to an attempt to establish a British Settlement on the Island of Bulama, on the Western Coast of Africa, in the year 1792
with a brief notice of the neighbouring tribes, soil, productions, &c. and some observations on the facility of Colonizing that part of Africa, with a View to Cultivation; and the introduction of letters and religion to its inhabitants: but more particularly as the means of gradually abolishing African Slavery relative to an attempt to establish a British Settlement on the Island of Bulama, on the Western Coast of Africa, in the year 1792
African Memoranda. 163 the beach. Four Colonists well, the cutter’s sailor, and six HM. grumetas. Friday, Novena. Every body seems low and depressed; but the ship is gone 23rd. and our own exertions must decide our fate. Let us take a view of our numbers and situation. 53. 26. 6 .. 27. 28 Eliz. Curwood, Rich. Curwood, Thos. Blake, Edw. Pierce, Mrs. Hancorne. Paiba, Curwood, Rowe, Besides six grumetas, and one absent in the pinnace. The east store-room, fitted for close quarters, is complete, and the whole external logging will be so I expect in four or five days.f We have four four-pounders on the top of the hill, and 4 .. 4 14 3 .. 0 .. 1—TotalW. 4 15 .. 4 .. 4 S. 23 Peter Hayles a sailor belonging-to the cutter, ♦ Messrs. Munden, Paiba, Curwood, Robinson, Rowe, Edw. Fowler, together with Mr. Birkhead the master, and Joseph Glover the cabin-boy of the cutter. + The perpendicular Posts of the block-house, have logs of not less than six nor more than eight inches diameter, horizontally spiked to them, from the ground to the height of seven feet. Above the logging are inch planks for seven feet more. The interstices of the logs are to be filled up with a mortar or cement. See the plan. Y 2 5 . . 5 S. 35 0 .. 6— lo^ O .. O 2 * State of the Colony, at the Hankey’s departure. Men. Worn. Chil. 5 .. 3 .. 10—Total W. 181 25 . 4 .. Desertion 2 .. _ /Well On the 31 st of Oct. we had / Since which time we have / Death lost by V Returned in the Hankey* | Present state of the Colony |