e chargeable with what was his own
single act. If it was the first military scheme of any
quaker, let it be remembered it was also the first
successful expedition of this war, and one of the first that
ever was carried on according to the pacific system of the
quakers, without the loss of a drop of blood on either side.

This little armament sailed in the beginning of March; and in their
passage touched at the island of Teneriffe, where, while the ships
supplied themselves with wine and water, Mr. Cumming proceeded in the
Swan sloop to Portenderrick, being charged with a letter of credence
to his old friend the king of that country, who had favoured him in his
last visit with an exclusive trade on that coast, by a former charter,
written in the Arabic language. This prince was now up the country,
engaged in a war with his neighbours, called the Diable Moors;* and
the queen-dowager, who remained at Portenderrick, gave Mr. Cumming to
understand, that she could not at present spare any troops to join the
English in their expedition against Senegal; but she assured him, that,
should the French be exterminated, she and their subjects would go
thither and settle.

* This is the name by which the subjects of Legibelli
distinguish those of Brackna, who inhabit the country
farther up the river Senegal, and are in constant alliance
with tha French.

In the meantime, one of the chiefs, called prince Amir, despatched
a messenger to the king, with advice of their arrival and design. He
declared that he would, with all possible diligence, assemble three
hundred warriors to join the English troops, and that, in his opinion,
the king would reinforce them with a detachment from his army. By this
time, captain Marsh, with the rest of the armament, had arrived at
Portenderrick, and fearing that the enemy might receive intimation of
his design, resolved to proceed on the expedition without waiting for
the promised auxiliaries. On the twenty-second clay of April he weighed
anchor, and next day, at four o'clock, discovered the French flag flying
upon Fort Louis, situated in the midst of a pretty considerable town,
which exhibited a very agreeable appearance. The commodore having
made prize of a Dutch ship, richly laden with gum, which lay at anchor
without the bar, came to anchor in Senegal-road at the mouth of the
river; and here he perceived several armed sloops which the enemy had
detached