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    1 fceone Company , and , at his solicitation , Capt , B . and several other military gentlemen agreed to go out with him . He , however , disagreed with the directors , and this project , of course , failed * » *

    * My disappointment /* says Ca £ t , B . was certainly very gj ^ sftj for I had conceived a verp strong inclination , to form a colony in Africa 5 with a view to decide a question at that time so much agitated * After some conversation , Dairymple observed , that * when doing duty 4 with his regimeiit at-Gj-oree , in the last war , he had heard n ^ uch oftlge * ¦ fertility pf an uninhabited islatid near the mouth of the Grande , called

    * Bulam $ and that the account of that island given by a director of the ** FrencK Senegal Company at the commencement of this century was 4 exceedingly favorable , as a proper place for making an establish-€ rnqnt / v Lqt us then colonize it ourselves , ' said I . * With . all my € heart /* he replied 5 and thus originated the expedition to Bujama !**

    They made known tb ^ ir intentions their mil itary friends and in a few days six respectable gentlemen ( including themselves , ) met , and formed themselves c < into * a Society for the

    purpose of establishing a settlement upon an eligible spot on the western coast of Africa ; " apd , at the same time , constituted themselves a committee to open a subscription , and to form regulations for carrying their views into effect . The spot fixed upon was the island of Bulama , at the mouth of the Rio Grande , in the 11 th degree of north latitude . Their choice \ vas determined partly by Mr . Dairyinple ' s recommendation ,

    but more particularly by the favorable account given of Bularna by the director-general of the French Senegal Company , Mons . De La Brue * ( above referred to ) who had visited th ^ island ia the year 1700 . It was judged that an unmhabited [ island mi ^ ht be more readily purchased than any part of tb ?

    continent , of the neighbouring chiefs , and more securely defenced against their attacks * cc Th ^ views of » th ergen tlei ^ n ^ p ho insrtitute 4 the society were cx ^ Ltjv ^ txon :., Bpt cbljtiyatiop wa £ cQpsidter ^ cl , by them only as the paeaps Which might lead to tie civilization of the Africans , and eventually put an end to their slavery , and terminate in the introduction of £ E 3 > ters and rex-igion into tfievery heart of Africa / ' s

    A design so geperous cpuld not have failed a at any tlqie , o ^ interesting > r Britislb pub ) ic j ai th ^ t particular tirn ^ it was con genial with . tWfegjjpgg ^ ' AeJangTjage ,, and ^ if on a cool | review of the . peripd we may sp , spe ^ k , the prejudices of th ^ p ^ ppl ^ , Within a fe \ y wqek § aifter the proposals wgrc Jssii e ^ ^ ^ ubscrjptioas , were recejTe 4 , tQ . ' a cQa 3 i qer ^ ble a ^ oiipt ; ^ 1 s ^ ffj ^ ieijt number of 5 ^ ttl ^ rs , mai ^ y pi WSJP * highly respectable ^ w ^ . ^^ j ^ . # Rdk % . di rAfriauc Occident * pai- LWbat , VdL V- jt t& + Paris * * xji&

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1806, page 207, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1723/page/39/