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The Negro José-Negro Bread-The Promised Sail of Hope-The Commander of H. M. B. "Cruizer"-The Consul Supplied with a Guard by H. M. Brig-Jealousy of Slave-dealers-Governor-General Furnishes a Guard-Consul Renews his Correspondence on the Slave-trade-House Attacked and Wife Wounded-Governor-General Declares his Inability to Protect the British Consul-Consul Embarks on board H. M. S. "Lyra"-Outrage on the Grave of a British Subject.
The hurricane described in the last chapter had passed away; the north-east monsoon had set in, bringing with it the dhows from Cutch, Bombay, Goâ, and Zanzibar; and the marshy aspect given to the mainland around our house by the recent rains was somewhat disappearing, when one of my patients, after assisting me about the house for some few days, took advantage of a fine cool morning to steal out unobserved, and the first intimation which I had of his absence was again to hear the sound of his rifle.