CHAP. III.

Arrival at Sierra Leone--Mr. Lewis--Black Washerwomen.--Visitors on

board--Capture of Leopards--Mortality--Funeral of Mr. Lewis--Education

of Native Children--Regimental Mess--Curious Trials at a Quarter

Sessions--Depredations of the Kroomen--Causes of Unhealthiness--The

Boollam Territory--Lieutenant George Maclean's Mission--Election

of a King--Regent's Speech--Macaulay Wilson--Ceremonies of the

Coronation--Character of the Boollams--Christian and Mahommedan

Missionaries--Aspect of the Country--Cession of Boollam to Great

Britain--Extraordinary Trial for Crim. Con.--News of the Death of Mr.

Canning

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