The Travels of Mr. Drake Morris, Merchant in London; Containing His Sufferings and Distresses in Several Voyages at Sea (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1755 Excerpt: ... CHAP. IV. the travellers arrive at a negro town. Their reception there. TM0S we travelled among brute beasts alone, and had only for our comfort, that we were sure we went in a right course. At length, as we were one day setting, after dinner, before the door of our hut, a man came up to us. I was frighted; but my companions were rejoiced extremely. He was not like my brothers, as I called them, for they, tho' black, were not of the negro countenance. This man was short, and very strong made; his colour was a deep jet black, his eyes very large, and his his teeth like ivory; his hair was curled like black wool, and his nose flat, and his lips thick: in short, he was a perfect negro. He spoke in a friendly manner to the youths; but he looked oddly at me. The language was not quite the fame with theirs-t but they made shift to converse with him; and, for one of the first points, they asked about water, of which we were in terrible want at that time. The negro, after he had asked them some questions about me, which I did not perfectly understand, came up to me very affectionately, and aslured me, by signs, of his friendship and protection. He then led us thro' the plain that was before us, and over a small hill, on the other side of which we saw a number of huts. This was a negro town. We arrived thither by day-light, and found the people at the doors of their houses. They all came about us; but their curiosity was not troublesome. They brought out whatever they had in their houses, and we fat down in the street and feasted: but the greatest comfort to us was water, which we had eS-- cellently good from a spring, near tbi foot of the town. After we had eaten and drank, they fliewed us to our hut; for they had contrived to get one empty for us, and we sle...