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Birth and parentage, 117—Assists his father as a teacher, 118—Enters
the Edinburgh volunteers as ensign, 118—Goes to Barbadoes, 119—Placed
on half-pay, 120—Appointed Lieutenant and Adjutant, and goes to
Sierra Leone, 120—Goes on an embassy to Kambia, 120—Description of
the country, &c. 125—Penetrates into the country of the Soolimas,
126—Description of his route, 130—Inoculates the children in Falaba,
136—Returns to Sierra Leone, 138—Sent to England with despatches,
139—Promoted to be a Major, leaves London for Tripoli on his way to
Timbuctoo, 139—Marries Miss Warrington, 140—Leaves Tripoli, 140—His
journey, 142—His party attacked, and himself wounded, 143—Report of his
death, 144.
_Publications by the same Author._
1. A Sermon on the Return of Peace; preached at Holcome, Lancashire, on
the 7th July 1814.
Bishop Law, then of Chester, and now of Bath and Wells, in a Letter to
the Author, thus stated his opinion of the above discourse.
“REV. SIR,—I have read your sermon with great pleasure, and entire
approbation. It is a composition every way respectable.”