n their moments of glee, by awakening them
to a sense of the sad things of slavery; but, if I could, I would appeal
to their masters, to those who buy, and to those who sell, and implore
them to think of the evils slavery brings, not only to the negroes but
to themselves, not only to themselves but to their families and their
posterity.

After all, slaves are the worst and most expensive servants; and one
proof of it is this, I think. The small patch that each is allowed to
cultivate for his own use on many estates generally yields at least
twice as much in proportion as the land of the master, though fewer
hours of labour are bestowed upon it.[104] I have hitherto endeavoured,
without success, to procure a correct statement of the number of slaves
imported into all Brazil. I fear, indeed, it will be hardly possible for
me to do so, on account of the distance of some of the ports; but I will
not rest till I procure at least a statement of the number entered at
the custom-house here during the last two years. The number of ships
from Africa that I see constantly entering the harbour, and the
multitudes that throng the slave-houses in this street, convince me that
the importation must be very great. The ordinary proportion of deaths on
the passage is, I am told, about one in five.

[Note 104: Since I returned to England, I have seen the account of
the proceedings of Joshua Steele in Barbadoes. I need not add one word
on this part of the subject; but I present the reader with the two
following statements of custom-house entries at Rio for the years 1821
and 1822.

1821.

_January_ | _April_ | _October_ |
Muzambique 483 | Angola 430 | Angola 452 |
Muzambique 337 | Quilumana 280 | Angola 375 |
Amhuebe 352 | Cabinda 287 | Benguela 510 |
Cabinda 348 | Cabinda 451 | ---- |
Luanda 549 | ---- | 1337 |
Benuela 396 | 1448 | ---- |
---- | ---- | |
2914 | | |
| _May_ | _November_ |
---- | | |
_February_ | Angola 342 | Ambuiz 220 |
Cabinda 193 | Angola 361 | Benguela 390 | ABSTRACT
Cabinda 342 | Angola 231 | Angola 579 | OF 1821
Cabinda 514