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412 African Memoranda. Mons. Golberry recommends to bis government to turn its at tention towards Africa, where he proposes to establish a govern ment called that of Senegal, and which is to extend from Cape Blanco, on the coast of Barbary, in the latitude of 20. 47. N., to Cape Palmas in the fourth degree and thirtieth minute of the same latitude. This government is to be divided into three districts, of which Senegal is the chief, comprising the territory between that river and Cape Blanco ; and the Isle St. Louis, in that river, is to be the seat of its government. The second district extends from the Senegal to Cape Vcrga, and Goree is to be the seat of its government. The third district extends from Cape Verga to Cape Palmas, and the seat of its government is Sierra Leone. Every settlement in each district is subordi nate to that which is the seat of the government of that district, and these are subordinate to the one in the Senegal. Commerce, cultivation, the exploring of Africa, and the ci vilizing its natives, are the professed objects of Mons. Golberry, as well as myself; with this difference between us, that the most important part of his commerce arises from the traffic of slaves, which I would not by any means admit; and he does not seem particularly nice as to the mode in which the sovereignty of the soil is to be acquired, for he speaks of conquering Bam- bouk, for the sake of its gold mines, with as much delibera tion as if it were perfectly right and just for the French to march a small army into the country of Bambouk, (without any provocation, any quarrel, or any thing to justify hostilities) and say to its inhabitants, “ Your country possesses gold which we want, and must have. Now if you will give us all your gold, you may remain quiet possessors of your country, but if not, we are come here either to expatriate you, or put you all to 7