[Illustration: (decorative icon)] ERRATA. Page 67. Line 1. _for_ eight _read_ eighty. p. 71. l. 6. _Jaqueens_ r. _Dahomes_. p. 123. l. 14. and in other places, _Testesole_ r. _Testefole_. p. 190. l. 4. to _r._ from. p. 221. l. 23. at _r._ in. Ibid. l. 24. in _r._ at. 230. l. 15. just on _Cocklyn_’s Anchor, _r._ just heaving up their Anchor. A NEW ACCOUNT Of some Parts of GUINEA, And the Slave-Trade. [Illustration: (decorative separator)] BOOK I. _Containing an Account of the Destruction of the Kingdom of_ Whidaw, _or_ Fida; _the Author’s Journey to the King of_ Dahomè’_s Camp; with several other remarkable Particulars_. For the better understanding of the following Relation, it is necessary to prefix some Account of the late State of the Country of _Whidaw_, before the terrible Destruction and Desolation thereof, in the Month of _March 1726-7_. [Sidenote: Description of _Whidaw_, _Sabee_.] The Reader then is to observe, That the Sea-coast of this Kingdom lies in 6 Degrees 40 Minutes North Latitude. _Sabee_, the chief Town of the Country, is situate about seven Miles from the Sea side. In this Town the King allowed the _Europeans_ convenient Houses for their Factories; and by him we were protected in our Persons and Goods, and, when our Business was finish’d, were permitted to go away in Safety. The Road where Ships anchored, was a free Port for all _European_ Nations trading to those Parts for _Negroes_. And this Trade was so very considerable, that it is computed, while it was in a flourishing State, there were above twenty thousand _Negroes_ yearly exported from thence, and the neighbouring Places, by the _English_, _French_, _Dutch_, and _Portuguese_. As this was the principal Part of all the _Guinea_ Coast for the Slave Trade, the frequent Intercourse that Nation had for many Years carried on with the white People (a) had rendered them so civilized, that it was a Pleasure to deal with them. (a) So they call the _Europeans_, in Opposition to the _Negroes_. The greatest Inconvenience we were exposed to, was the Thievery of the common People, which it was hardly possible to guard intirely against; so bold and dextrous were they at it: Tho’ if taken in the Fact, they became our Slaves. [Sidenote: Polygamy.]