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TO


AN OLD AND VALUED FRIEND,


ADMIRAL THE HONOURABLE HENRY ANTHONY MURRAY,

(BACHELOR, D 4, ALBANY,)


THIS ATTEMPT


TO MAKE THE WEST AFRICAN DESCRIBE HIMSELF,


IS AFFECTIONATELY ADDRESSED,


BY


ONE OF HIS “RECLAIMED.”

These Lines

WERE WRITTEN TWO YEARS AGO.

I LEAVE THEM A SORROWFUL MEMORIAL

OF THE DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN.