6857. (To Captain _Hill_.) Are you aware by whom that letter was written?--I was at Sea-bar frequently, and have frequently seen Harry Tucker, and have also seen a person whom he introduced to me as his secretary, who, on conversation, I ascertained to be Harry Tucker’s son, and this son was writing letters for him; and I asked his son where he learned to write, and he told me that he was educated at Sierra Leone; and Harry Tucker also told me, that he sent two or three of his sons to Sierra Leone to learn to read and write. 6858. Then, it is your belief that that letter was written by a son of a native chief, who was educated at Sierra Leone?--Yes. 6859. Mr. _Aldam_, to Captain _Denman_.] Where is Sea-bar?--It lies between Sierra Leone and Gallinas. It is the passage between the south-eastern end of the Sherboro’ Island and the main land. 6860. Captain _Fitzroy_.] Is “Sea-bar,” the place named in the letter, the same as the River “Shebar,” in the map?--It is the same. 6861. Mr. _Hamilton_.] Had you any opportunity of making any observation as to the climate of the Gallinas; how far it would be fit for Europeans to live there?--As far as my observations went, they were rather favourable, for I went in at not a very good time of the year, and, out of upwards of 100 men, I think that only two or three deaths occurred. I believe only two men died after having been on shore a week. 6862. Going up in the boats?--Yes. 6863. Is the ground swampy, or is there any high ground in the neighbourhood?--The ground is rather low, but some of the islands are as healthy as any of that part of Africa; indeed, the contrast between that river and some of the rivers we afterwards went up, at a more favourable season, was remarkable. 6864. Mr. _Milnes_.] Did you not fall in with a vessel called the Echo, bringing a cargo of goods to the Coast of Africa?--I did, a Hamburgh vessel; I think it was on the 11th of December. 6865. Had you any reason to suspect her of having any connexion with the slave trade?--The officer who was sent on board her found that her cargo was consigned from the Havannah, I think from Charles Tyng to Mr. Canôt, a slave dealer at New Cestos, and she had also on board a Spanish supercargo, affording strong ground for suspecting her, indeed proof, that she was engaged in aiding and abetting the slave trade. 6866. Do you regard any commerce in which ships might be engaged with a slave factory as necessarily abetting the slave trade?--Not all commerce; but I consider that if she were sailing with goods consigned from one slave dealer to another she would be aiding and abetting the slave trade. 6867. _Chairman._] You mean that there could be no doubt of the guilty intent of the parties?--There could be no doubt of the guilty intent of the parties to aid and abet the slave trade.