num_pages: 220
description: Excerpt from The Narrative of Robert AdamsThe circumstance which produced this fortunate delay was notice of the arrival in.en land of Mr. Dupuis the British vice-consul at ogadore; to Whose interference Adams had ascribed his ransom; and to whom consequently the truth or falsehood of many ofhis statements must of necessity be known. No time was lost in obtaining an interview with this and the satisfactory answers returned by him to the Editor's first inquiries led to further trespasses on his kindness and his leisure; which ter minated in his consenting at the earnest solicitation of the Editor to undertake the perusal of the entire Narrative and to communicate in writing whatever observations whether confirmatory or otherwise mi ht occur to him in the course of its examination....
language: English
title: The Narrative 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 Se
publisher: Forgotten Books