For this purpose the Swedish ambassador at Paris had procured them permission from the French government to visit the countries bordering on the Senegal, and had insured them protection there.

They had been conveyed to the place of their destination, where they had remained from August 1787, to the end of January 1788; but meeting with obstacles which they had not foreseen, they had left it, and had returned to Havre de Grace, from whence they had just arrived in London, on their way home.

It so happened, that by means of George Harrison, one of our committee, I fell in unexpectedly with these gentlemen.

I had not long been with them, before I perceived the great treasure I had found.

They gave me many beautiful specimens of African produce.