Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-10-27
Extract Of q letter dated

LIBERIA, Aug. ), 1881.
DeIr SH-By i communication from my family,
recently received, | informed you still rosnen
bered the exile 5no, while in lis native laad, had
the pleasure of spending some happy hours in the
society of yourself and family, the recollection Of
which seems to cnlivcn the many gloomy moments
that must necessarily haunt tho white in this
land Of darkness The vessel that conveyed the
letter YOU lad the kindness to write, foundered ut
sea, that It. well al others dgsg:S f.. Mo,
were lost.
You, no doubt, have teen surmisng what could
have been my occupation since my return to this
place. rs ny he;li.h permitted, (for tire
climate still persisted i'll showing me all those de-
ilCajc attentions which usually bestowed on
strangers in the form of fcvers and the agreeable
consequences thereby l became more cratic in
my movements, and made several excursions into
the country, by which means have become Jnc 90
acquainted with the manners and CUst5n3 OF the
natives than dur.ag the whole of my former resi-
dcnce, when sickness rarely permitted me to leave
the house.
The country through which travelled is perhaps
the most beGutllu! tIat can be imagined, and for
rietY or scenery would suffice to fill dozen sketch
Books OF the most indefaiigabe and fastdious hun
ters of the picturesque; it is every where covered
with heavy foreats, rendered mpcnctrable by the
dense underground. The luxurance of the vegeta.
ton tina; clothes the banks ofthe rivers, the brilliant
lius of the flowers with which il is decorated tho
numerous trees and shrubs of singular form and To-
liagc most of them unknown in Europe or America
and the various ANIMALS one meets with equally
strange in appearance and which may be sought
for III vain i'll the museums and cabinets of the
rious at home; fill the mind with establishment, and
constantly remind t4e .-ayellcr that he is in
try where both the animal and vegetable kingdoms
in a great measure unexpored, and offer to the
naturalist bouudless fields for investigation. Tho
gemtest breeze that reaches you comes loaded with
the most delicious perfumes of fruits and flowers,
and almost at every step new objeets presented
TO your view, each calling forth ordinations oil
wonder and delight
The natives Of this country, contrary to our pre-
conceived notions are, in general, well formed; Il
deiormed person is rarely to be met with the fiat
nose, thick lips, curved SHIN and large foot with the
projecting heel, considered with as peculiarly
Characteristic of the African race are by no means
COMMON as you would imagine; the contrary,
have.itcquently forms whose faultless proper
tons might serve studies for the painter scup
tor; some have very regular features, GnG, but for
| their complexion, we would think them handsome
F.. but they black a. Ercbus. IN their manners
tey are kind and gentle and hospita3Ie almost to a
fault hey spare neither pains expense to enter
tain strangers, and seem TO vie with each other who
shall do them the greatest kindness: their habta-
tons well built and the greatest neatncss and
order prevails throughout indeed an African town
presents appearance of cleanliness which is we'll
worthy Of imitation.