_Andrew Brue_, a principal man in the _French_ Factory, in the account he gives of the great river _Senegal_, which runs many hundred miles up the country, tells his readers, ‘The farther you go from the Sea, the country on the river seems more fruitful and well improved. It abounds in _Guinea_ and _Indian_ corn, rice, pulse, tobacco, and indigo. Here are vast meadows, which feed large herds of great and small cattle; poultry are numerous, as well as wild fowl.’ The same Author, in his travels to the south of the river _Gambia_, expresses his surprize, ‘to see the land so well cultivated; scarce a spot lay unimproved; the low grounds, divided by small canals, were all sowed with rice; the higher ground planted with _Indian_ corn, millet, and peas of different sorts: beef and mutton very cheap, as well as all other necessaries of life.’ The account this Author gives of the disposition of the natives, is, ‘That they are generally good-natured and civil, and may be brought to any thing by fair and soft means.’ _Artus_, speaking of the same people, says, ‘They are a sincere, inoffensive people, and do no injustice either to one another or strangers.’ From these Accounts, both of the good Disposition of the Natives, and the Fruitfulness of most parts of _Guinea_, which are confirmed by many other Authors, it may well be concluded, that their acquaintance with the _Europeans_ would have been a happiness to them, had those last not only borne the name, but indeed been influenced by the Spirit of _Christianity_; but, alas! how hath the Conduct of the Whites contradicted the Precepts and Example of Christ? Instead of promoting the End of his Coming, by preaching the Gospel of Peace and Good-will to Man, they have, by their practices, contributed to enflame every noxious passion of corrupt nature in the Negroes; they have incited them to make war one upon another, and for this purpose have furnished them with prodigious quantities of ammunition and arms, whereby they have been hurried into confusion, bloodshed, and all the extremities of temporal misery, which must necessarily beget in their minds such a general detestation and scorn of the _Christian_ name, as may deeply affect, if not wholly preclude, their belief of the great Truths of our holy Religion. Thus an insatiable desire of gain hath become the principal and moving cause of the most abominable and dreadful scene, that was perhaps ever acted upon the face of the earth; even the power of their Kings hath been made subservient to answer this wicked purpose, instead of being Protectors of their people, these Rulers, allured by the tempting bait laid before them by the _European_ Factors, _&c._ have invaded the Liberties of their unhappy subjects, and are become their Oppressors.