Mr. Serjeant Talfourd. We need not argue that; I only put the question in order to trace the vessel.
Mr. Justice Maule. At present he says the vessel was sent to Sierra Leone; that was all, I believe?
Mr. Kelly. No, he was going on to talk about the proceedings in Sierra Leone.
Mr. Serjeant Talfourd. There were some proceedings there?—She was condemned in the Vice-Admiralty Court there.
Was she sent to England afterwards?—I have seen nothing of her since.
Cross-examined by Mr. Kelly.
Though you were for some two or three years cruizing upon the coast of Africa, it was not till November 1840 you landed at Gallinas—I landed upon the island there for half an hour previous to that time.
With that exception, I believe you had not landed there before that?—No.
You have spoken of slave establishments; are there not villages or towns, whatever names are given to them up the river?—It is necessary to mention—
You will greatly oblige me if you will answer the question. Is it the fact, that there are several towns and villages up the river?—It is necessary for me to explain. If you know nothing of the river Gallinas that question may imply more than I can answer. The river Gallinas extends some distance into the interior as I believe: I have been up it ten or a dozen miles, and I know that there is the native village of Mera, another of Tardia, and another of Tinda.