| Description | He sends this by the 'Thais' sloop-of-war, leaving for England 3 Aug by Cape Coast Castle. Since his last letter by the 'Minerva' he has received £50 from Governor Maxwell as chaplain's salary.
Meisner has suffered from fever and Mrs. Meisner's baby was still-born, but she is fairly well. The rains have brought sickness and death to the white garrison who lead undisciplined lives. The 200 black troops enlisted from the captured slaves do almost all the military duty. He has 60 of them, with their women, to prepare for baptism with the help of a white schoolmaster, and finds them good material.
The 'Albacore' sloop-of-war arrived 27 Jul but brought no letter from CMS among the many she carried. In a newspaper dated 18 May he read an abstract of the journal he sent from Goree to CMS. He fears that he may have incurred their disapproval, or CMS may have lost interest in the mission. |