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    The FoufcT h &E por / t is principally occupied ^ vith a de scriptidii of the Slave Trade as it exists at present , and wkh an ? icc 6 uii ; t of trie steps thedirectors have tafcen to prevent or check it . It is lamentable < > to find , that in the year eti&hg March iSj J ? 8 i f > 3 the iiefaVious traffic was carried on to a great' extent , ? the different coriwrHitiitatlohs received

    fty ( the Dir ectdfs fihorh Africa ; concur instating , tha ^ t in the month 6 f Octobei * last , ; the cdast was crowded with ^ lavesliips . Thejpersobs itibst deeply ' erigaig * cd in the trade , appear tb haVe been citizens of the United States of America , vvho shelter thehiselves frbm die penal

    consequences of their criminal conduct , ( the traffic haying been pronounced illegal b y the American as well as British Legislature ) by tneans of a nominal sale , both of ship and cargo , at some Spanish or Swedish port—the Havannah , for ekample , or the island of Bjarthblomew , But it has been discovered , that in

    defiance of all the penalties imposed by Acts of iParliament , vessels , ' ujider foreign flags , have "been fitted oi » t in the ports of Liverpool and London , for the purposeof carrying slaves froin the coast of Africa tqf ine Spanish and Portuguese

    Settlements in America , and that Several adventures of this description have actually been completed ^ One ship , the Cofnmercjo de Rio ^ was seized , at the instigation of the Directors , in the river , which appeared by its papers to be destined to take 700 or ^ °° slaves

    from Africa to Cuba . The shi ^ and cargo have been condemned , with a loss to the owners of upwards of * ii , oo 6 / . This seizure has " discovered to the Directors facts , which tend to implicate ptrstns of tome consideration in Soctety , in the guilt of these and similar practices . ** It is stated by the Directors , that the

    capture of Senegal , which was effected Juljr ^ i 8 cs > , by Cajrtain Columbine , of the navy , and Major Maxwell , the Commandant of Goree , has . considerably abridged the facilities enjoyed by the contraband slave traders , on that port of the slave coast - It has also furnished

    an important inlet , both for commerce amd civilization ; the riVcr Senegal be ^ ing navigable for several hundred miles , anjd some of its branches approaching within a short distance of the Nigfer . It appearing , b y experiment , that the intilfaferry tree will' grow mud e ^ eii flou - * feh in •; Africa , a hnmbcrof dlk-w ^ rm S e ggs have been sent to Sierra Leone ,

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    Gdree , aiitf Senegal , i ( whitheir th ? mul . berryplant fed been ' s ^ rit BeforeJwjthdictions respecting ; the rcfaring and tiling , mg of flienx ^ Mrther siipgiy ^ of jiaiM seeds has also beieri transi ^ tteo ^ c > ^^ a ^ andiikewisethe ^ 3 » 0 del of amUl Jojr c ^ ti * ing- rice from its hiis"E Seeds and plants have beetf'obiairicid from India for Ait

    samedestiriatibri . ^; ' ' :: ; /¦ . '"V ^/ /; "' ' ICTie £ Wr ^ tbri Kaye drkwn " flip attenildn of flB ^ Sr c ^ rresporideiiu in Africa tp a : dfecbveryi said tx > Thive teen lately riiiHi in % he West tno ^ i , df Ws ptkMlability 6 T pr ^ C m ^ ixcciieiii , f bpfe frohi the fibres of the ^ ptknitane treeJ

    Iii' the Third Mport tfttere wasaii account of a species of li&tjijt , ; toamifactured froto the leave ? 1 of j ^ ^ tfewfex kind of palm , whicb . abounds in Sierra i-eone and it ? neigfibourhobd ; : " thepirecitprs now add , thkt having procured a qtiantitiy of the article ; irpm ^ rica , they lately suDJected a small quantity of cord , maln ^ fe ^ ure ^ ifr ^^ to experiments calculated to ascertain it »

    strength , as compared Wrtn q ^ e same length and weight of common hempea cord . The result lias ^ n vejfy ^ tisf ^ ctory . The African cord appeared stronger b ^ atbiit one ^ foaritb . V The So ^ ety nive yei-y jiidft : jousJ y obtained frWi Government ''" , $ modifica tion of the duties on imports front Africa , which were so keavy as to

    discourage the trade , and in some iostaqecs to prohibit it . ^ . -. '/" ' No direct atteinpt has yet behii . xnadc 10 explore the continent ; of Africja r principally , sa ^ the Mrectors , because io proper means have offered themselves

    to their tidtice . If : has , however , been communicated . to tfiem that i % f ia the ihtenWoh ot \ the 4 & * W 4 * fiQ $ tiHm to send , at in early opportypjijty ^ oye or more persons from this country , charged with the important object of farther discovery . ' In 6 i ^ irec ^ ors ^ 3 ^ ivc sigpified their rcadiriess to concur ia any eligible measure of this description , T'he following comrnunipation has been tifodc to * tfeie Society by JLieut . Col . Maxwell , the Commandant of ScncffaJ .

    respecting the celebrated traveller , Mvtrd 6 Park , in a Jetter dated the Mtfrbf January fait , : — I " .. " ** : * ' ***? i WW ° f an opportuiiity , by way of Guernsey , to comn ^ uiucate to you the intelligence of $ he arrivaJ ^ fa this colohy , of the bl ^ dk man named Isaacs , who was the guide tfcisu conduct ed Mr , Mungo park to Saoiaiidiiie

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    InitlligeitCc . —^ African Institution . B \ 7

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1810, page 517, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2409/page/45/