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As to the Slave-holder he must have been a man of
substance, for these 18 wenches were all his own,
and he expected to make from 30 to 50 lb st.g a
head of them at Constantinople. Some of these young
ladies, Mr Henderson who had had slaves of his
own, knew by their filed teeth to be Cannibals:
One of them he found by some marks in their
cheeks I think it was, to be of quality,
probably of the blood royal, but gentle and simple,
they were one and all, if any faith is to be given
to external indications, by far the happiest set
of people in the ship. From day today there was
nothing among them but playing and singing and
laughing, and even such dancing as their confined
situation would permitt. Their proprietor seemed to
be a very gentle master, and to make use of hope
as his instrument of government, instead of fear. As
often as there has been any debarcation for any length
of time, these young ladies have gone on shore to
take the air, as well as the rest of the company.
The notion they have been taught to entertain is that
whoever buys any one of them is to marry her, &
that they are all of them to be great ladies and
ride in their coaches, or do what is equivalent.
Wednesday Tuesday Nov:r 15 165th On board the Maria, Capt. Newman
in a bay off Kiemed on the Asiatic coast at the entrance
of the Sea of Murmora.
Here are we all of us, except our Russian mess man
Mr Schneider, by a most fortunate and unexpected
revolution which makes us amends for all the for distresses
out of which be it has delivered us.
On Friday 11 the 11th at 8 in the morning we left the station
described in my last in the paragraph dated Thursday
the 10th. At 10 o'clock at night we made the
town of Baba situated on the Cape of that name, the
westermost point of Asia.
On Saturday 12 the 12th at day-break we made the Island of
Tendedos: at 11 A.M.the great Island of Lemnos was visible
on our left, though to an unexperienced eye not easily
distinguishable from a cloud. We never approached near
enough to get a much clearer view of it.
On Sunday 13. the 13 at 3 o' clock in the afternoon we enter'd the
Dardenelles with a fine wind.
On Monday 14 morning the 14 between 4 and 1/2 after 6 we
were obliged or thought ourselves obliged to lose 2 1/2 hours
of this precious wind to get stop at a place called Lepseg
on the Asiatic side to lay in a stock of bread for
the Turkish part of our passengers whose provisions were
pretty well expended. We Christians not having the same necessity
to plead had not the option given us to go ashore. Lepseg
or Lampsaki on the Asisatic side is nearly opposite to Gallipoli on
the European, but not so considerable a place. We now set
sail again, shaping our course for the Isle of Maremera
which not being above 7 or 8 leagues off we expected to
reach it in a few hours. Man proposes, God disposes. At about
2 we were still several leagues short of that island, when the
wind
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