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    them back again to benefit their native countries by , their acquirements . : . . -. ' M&soirss have been taken to cultivate the fcriowledtfe of such of the languages spt ^ n jin ^ intercourse with the natives .

    = jtety laudable pains n ^ ve been also employed to transmit ' to . Africa stick seeds and plants , suited to the climate , as will f » e likely to open a wore extended and useful commerce between that

    country arici . . jpMs ' f and premiums b av ; e b ^ eK ^ ffere *^ , anil in . a . feysr . instances given ; , For tne ^ UnportatiQn ,. under certain conditions , 6 jC African products . There seems to ^ e a goefd ^ rpspect < tf raising in Africaan fJciellQnt Species of c ^ ottpr , Vifhicli is . beginning . to be cultivated on a large sciile .,

    Xetters irbni the Governor of Sierra Leone , dated in l ^ ay , 1808 , § tate , tljat the- colbpy was on the most friendly terms with th > surrounding natives , and that its influence a jaqng them ha < i of late liappily increased . ^ Jpne . '" * $ ' thpse niassacre ^ , which were pre 4 icted &i an in :-cvitable corisequence oif the abolition o £ the slave trade , had occurred in the

    neighbourhood . Onlj one trial for witchcraft had taken place for a long time ; whereas , formerly such trials used fb he ^ Very frequent ; and although in "' thkt' oAe case the accused had been found guilty , she hacf nojt been put to death , ljut , a ^ ler some tipe , had been get at tibertyj " * " ^

    " There is no fear , " observes the Go' yern ' pir , * but that the native * in this nefg hb ^ durhdod will have abundant einployftieiit . irlithertp , they have been chjefi y busied in ^ he manufacture of 0 \ tf which is in great demand . Their rice fields have certainly been prepared tKis year a fortnight or three weets earlier thin ustial , frotn which I

    prognosticate well . — : All the wars around us are suspended for tftepresent , I do not § ay that they are suspended in cpnse-* ^ ii encc 6 f the . ab oKtion ; Jbu t the ^ bolijion is very , likely to prevent their re-SrivaL In | he breedftiJK of cattle we are greatly improving ; ; ineir numbers in-2 rease and they thrive well . " And in > - ' subsequent letter , it is stated , that

    bxtn ire noW used in the draught , much to the advantage of the colony . He thus concludes orie of his letters : ~* > Thjs n >» ccrt ^ lhly been one of the quietest aftd most uninteresting years I luve ^ tobWii ? h Africa . I have neither "trial * fof vvltciictift , nor wars , nor kid-

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    nappings , to speak of ja my journal % Perhaps we have the abolition to thank fo p it / v ; .. .: ; . ; . ; , , .:.. ¦ . ¦ :: ' ¦ ¦ - Communications of a promising nature , have also been made from Gone and the ~ GM Ctast .

    The expenses this y ^ ar were con siderable , viz .. xj £ a (» 8 * , - 4 d . ; ^ nd the pro ^ perty of the Society at the conclusion of it , 2823 / . i 3 s . li d * being an increase within the year of only 341 / . 14 ^ 1 ^ . The dpficndiv . tQ the ' Jhird ' JRefort contains much useful information with regajrd XQ Africa , ; the inh ^ Litaots , the faxe of the country ^ the -natural productions , and the * present trade .

    . lii ** JE ^ tract 3 ftoni Letters from Mr , H , Meredjtji , " dated Gape Coast Casjcle , pn the Gold Coast , there is a pleasing description ; of the putch Settlement of Blmina r in that part of . Africa ; but there is one passage in die correspond c ^ nce , which we should h ^ ve thought fitter to have been addressed to ' the ' ^ r ^ -

    tary , £ / , War than the Secretary of the ^ L fric&n Institution . . It is as follows : — u Here ( Elniina ) is an extensive garden ; there is also a . most beneficent insti ^ utipii kept up , namely , an Orphan School , for the benefit of children whose parents have died in the service , Elmina , and the places near it , are kept in a hi g h state of improvement ;; an ; d it woaid be a great ACouisirfoN towards the

    civilization of Africa , as With it Fort Anthony , at Axim ; OjT 4 » ge Fort , at Succondee ; and Fort Sebastian , at Chamah ( a f lace of great importance ) would FAI . L , " We have before ( vol . iii . 624 ) warned

    the Society * that , if they be not on their guard , they may , with the best intentions in the world , be accessary to the introduction of European wan * into Africa , and to subjugating its inhabitants to a . foreign yoke . A few more hints

    of this sort would excite our suspicions , that it is not without design that Ministers of State ( not proverbial , in Europe at least , for philanthropy ) patronise the Ihrtitution j nor without an important meaning , that they " are be

    eulogized in the Reports . It would lamentable if the Society should act as a spy for Ctovcrnment , and asriduoudy gather and publish information , which shall be tamed to the advantage of some military expedition . In proportion a $ we respect the Institution , ar

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    ^> 16 Intelligence .- * -African Institution *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1810, page 516, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2409/page/44/