Mr. Serjeant Talfourd. Did you know Ignatio Rolo?—Yes, I have seen him at Gallinas.
What did he do at the Gallinas?—He was landing from the Saracen when I saw him.
That was the vessel commanded by Captain Hill?—Yes.
Did you ever see him on any of those factories?—I never saw him, except at the factory at which he landed.
Did he land at the factory?—He was landed in a man-of-war’s boat.
Cross-examined by Mr. Kelly.
Had you means, while in the river Gallinas from time to time, of ascertaining how many towns or villages there were as far up the river as you went?—There were, to my knowledge, some three or four or five towns on different branches of the river.
How high up did you go yourself?—I went up about ten or twelve miles, I suppose.
You say that as far as your knowledge extends there was no other trade there but the slave trade?—My positive knowledge is that there was nothing but the slave trade there.
Do you mean to represent that you knew all the ships containing British merchandise consigned to that place, and what became of the merchandise which was landed by the ships? Have you no doubt that you knew enough of what took place at that place, to be aware what became of the merchandise landed from every ship?—The question involves two or three points; I must answer in the first place, that every vessel that landed cargoes there I knew of.