Soon after this, my People grew so bad, that I was obliged to send them on board the Ship, and have others ashore in their room: In a little while after, the House we had been burnt out of, being repaired, we removed into it; and by this means had the Opportunity of seeing daily thousands of People bring _Bamboes_ and Thatch, to repair the Duke’s Houses with; it being the Custom of the Country so to do, when either their Lord or his Brother wants it. But the noise of the People’s Musick, and antick dancing, on this occasion, gave me much Disturbance: Moreover, Trade continuing still very dull, it gave me no little concern; and having got rid of my Fever for a few days, it returned again. Being in these unhappy Circumstances, I received advice, that two of my Owner’s Ships were arrived in the Road of _Jaqueen_. Whereupon I left my Factory, and went on board my Ship; and there, the Commanders of the other two and I agreed, “It would be for our Owner’s Interest that I should go directly for _England_.” So, delivering to one of them what _Negroes_ I had on Board, and receiving what Elephants Teeth, and Gold they had, I left the Road of _Jaqueen_ the first day of _May_: And having had a fine Passage, in which I intirely lost my Fever, and recovered my Strength a little, I arrived safe in the River of _Thames_ the 13th of _July_ 1730. ADDITIONS _To the foregoing Account_. As the Publication of this Book has been deferred till the Winter Season, it may not be unacceptable to the Reader, to have a farther Account of the King of _Dahomè_, according to the latest Advices come from those Parts. I ended the first Book with an account of that King’s having concluded a Peace with the most powerful of his Enemies, the King of _J-oe_. This put the _Europeans_ then residing at _Jaqueen_ in great hopes, that those Countries would be settled, and Trade flourish again; tho’ at my departure from that Place, in _May_ 1730, I saw but little prospect of it: And indeed it has been quite ruined since, by the Destruction of the Country of _Jaqueen_, on the 22nd of _March_ 1731-2. For the King of _Dahomè_ being a restless ambitious Prince, instead of endeavouring (after the concluding of the Peace with the _J-oes_) to settle his conquered Countries, he marched far Inland against a Nation called the _Yahoos_.