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Show 202 CUUt\. ·t f Cuba, which is said to be near the southern coas 0 . . . beaut. . . the resort of pirates, and still 1ful-oncc . very ·' 1 t we passed it at a distance of b bl of slavers- JU • • pro a Y . d othing of it. Soon afterwards thirty miles, an saw n · . . . 1 t f the low cape Antonw, winch we came m sigJ o d h' d to Columbus, ha he pursued IS would have prove voyage a ",e w 1e ague s further ' that Cuba. was no part of h1. s 1. mag.m ed co ntinent. After doubhng t.h e cape, we had a b out one hundred miles to make. to wm. dward, before we conl d r each our port. Baffimg wmds an.d calms d eta.m ed us for two or three days.; o.u r last )llg and fow I h acI b e en e'a ten·' we were begmnmg, so.m e- what sen.o us1 Y t o long for the land-when, one delight-fiu 1 evem" ng, a favorable breeze sprun.g up, and brought us, un d er fl y.m g colors and full sail, past the Moro castle an d 11. gh thousc' into the port of. Havana. It , th 9th of the Fourth month (Apnl.) w,ls e 'f I Th The scene was very animating and beaut! u. e Moro is built on a dark rock, on the left of the cn-trance ; on a h1'l l above it ·s tand the Cabanas, a fort of prodigious dimensions, in which is stationed a large body of Spanish soldiers. Report makes the numbers f l . Cuba not less than fifteen thousand-a 0 t 1em Ill b' .,.nard be it observed, for the protection of t_he w Jte "i'n habi' tants against their negroes m· a state o f sI av ery·, but I have reason to believe that the number of_ troops is exaggerated. Before us lay the wide spreadmg old city -s~id to contain one hundred and twenty _th~~sand inhabitants; a few green hills were seen m e distance. and when we l1 a d passed the Moro, the la.n.d h- ' ' . . 1 d. th ee BntiS locked port full of shippmg, me u mg r bl' men-ot~war, and surmountt>d by some h an<l somepu IC 203 buildings, were suddenly opened to our view. It is a port of great resort and traffic, far exceeding, in this respect, any other in the dominions of Spain. With the exception of the Governor of Madrid, we continued on board for the night; and early the next morning received a notice, that we wt:re all permitted to land without undergoing any of the usual formalities. The British Consul, Charles Tolme, carne on board to pay his respects to some of our sister passengers. I found that he was an old friend of mine, whom I had not seen for some thirty years. He gave me a hearty welcome, and accompanied me on our landing, to the Government house, as I wished to pay my respects to the Prince of Anglona, the Captain General of Cuba. Onr friend Cabrera had already conveyed to him a letter of introduction which I had brought nith me from the Governor of Jamaica; and I considered that an early call was due to him from a friend to the slaves, and a christian minister, whom he had so kindly permitted to land, at all hazards. The Prince, who is one of the old nobility of Spain, is a person of small stature, and by no means imposiqg in his appearance, but of good talents and liberal politics. He received us with great politeness, and even apologised to Qur consul for my having been refused a passport in Jamaica. He spoke French fluently, and talked to ns for a few minutes in a friendly manner. No opportunity oft"ered for conversation on important topics, and we soon retired. I was afterwards informed that it is the uniform practice of the slave traders, both in Porto Hico and Cuba, to fee the respective Governors, pretty largely, for every African |