“ How says of the cinnamon, that one sort of it is not inferior to that imported from the East Indies. Some of the former brought to England fetched a better price than the latter. He has seen the real cinnamon both at Bombay and Cambay, brought there as presents from Ceylon, and says, that the bark, leaves, and whole structure of the tree are alike in Africa and the East Indies. He has no doubt whatever but that [2] spices in general might be cultivated with great success in the African soil and climate. ”

“ Sir George Young says, in addition to this, that he has found a great deal of fine timber fit for ship-building on other parts of the coast, and he once saw a vessel actually built of the woods of Sierra Leon. Besides these, it is asserted by several of the evidences, there are beautiful woods for cabinet work, and Mr. How states, that there are many parts of Africa, where the soil is the same as that in the Province of Guzzerat in the East Indies, where he found the real sandal-wood. ”

“ In the next class may be mentioned black pepper, the same as from the East Indies, long pepper, Malaguetta, or grains of Paradise, red pepper of various sorts, but particularly the Cayenne, a species of ginger, cardamums, wild nutmegs, and cinnamon. ”