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OF

ROBERT ADAMS,

AN AMERICAN SAILOR,

WHO WAS WRECKED ON THE

WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA,

IN THE YEAR 1810;

WAS DETAINED THREE YEARS IN SLAVERY BY

THE ARABS OF THE GREAT DESERT,

AND RESIDED SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE CITY OF

TOMBUCTOO.

WITH A MAP, NOTES, AND AN APPENDIX.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY WELLS AND LILLY......SOLD BY M. CAREY AND SON,

PHILADELPHIA.

8-7678-2.8

TO THE

COMMITTEE OF THE COMPANY OF MERCHANTS

TRADING TO AFRICA.

GENTLEMEN,

I beg leave to present to you the NARRATIVE of the Sailor, ROBERT ADAMS, in the form which 1 conceive will be most interesting to you and to the publick, and most useful to the poor man himself, for whose benefit it has been committed to the press.

I have the honour to be,
GENTLEMEN,

your faithful and obedient Servant,

S. COCK.

African Office, April 30th, 1816.

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