In the evening I accompanied Mr. Macauley in a drive to the village of Kissey, one of the settlements of liberated Africans.  Its population is nearly a thousand souls, composed of the descendants of natives of Aco, who were taken from a slave vessel on the river Lagos in the Bight of Benin.  The immediate neighbourhood of this village, which is about five miles from Freetown, supplies a great part of the grain and vegetables that are brought to that market.  We called on the Doctor of the village, who was a black man, and we afterwards went to the chapel, where we heard a liberated African preach to his black brethren.

Thursday, September 27th.—­I dined with a party at the house of Colonel Denham, the celebrated African traveller.  I would gladly offer a tribute of admiration and respect to the memory of this distinguished gentleman, but the language of panegyric is superfluous.

Our party consisted of the Lieutenant-Governor, Captains Owen and Harrison, of the navy; Dr. Barry, of the medical staff, &c. &c.

Friday, September 28th.—­Soon after noon I accompanied Captains Owen and Harrison, Mr. Reffle, the acting Judge, and the Rev. Mr. Davy, all mounted on good steeds, to visit some of the villages established for the liberated Africans.  The first part of our journey was very hilly.  We passed through Gloucester and Regent Town, on our way to Bathurst, near which we were overtaken by a thunder storm; but, before the heaviest part of it reached us, we got into good quarters at Mr. Davy’s residence, where we found Mrs. Davy expecting us, and prepared to entertain us in a most friendly and hospitable manner.  This lady undertakes to instruct the African females, of all ages, not only in the mere education of letters, but in all the moral duties of civilized society.  As a proof that her efforts were not altogether unavailing, it may be observed, that her domestics consisted of some of her pupils, whom she had selected for the performance of the household duties.  Morality here is at a very low ebb amongst the adult native population, and infidelity in the married state is a common occurrence.  During our short stay, a poor fellow came to complain to Mr. Davy that his wife had gone to live with another man, and that when he went to demand her restoration, the guilty paramour and his friends turned him off with a sound beating.  The circumstance did not seem to excite much surprise, although Mr. Davy gave every possible attention to the poor fellow’s case, as he never omitted any opportunity of exerting his influence for the moral benefit of the community.