I had not the coolness this first time to go leisurely over the places that were open to me.

I got away quickly.

But that which I thought I saw horrible in this vessel had the same effect upon me as that which I thought I had seen agreeable in the other, namely, to animate and to invigorate me in my pursuit.
But I will not trouble the reader with any further account of my water-expeditions, while attempting to perfect my knowledge on this subject.

I was equally assiduous in obtaining intelligence wherever it could be had; and being now always on the watch, I was frequently falling in with individuals, from whom I gained something.

My object was to see all who had been in Africa, but more particularly those who had never been interested, or who at any rate were not then interested, in the trade.