f the goods we had brought.
Iguma and Kendo were somewhat alarmed at first at the thought of going
on board a ship, but we soon overcame their fears, and the next morning
we all went on board, bidding farewell to our encampment, and once more
trod the deck of the "Arrow."
Harry and I resumed our berths on board, as did Tom Tubbs, for the
boatswain who had come out had already fallen sick and was unable to do
duty.
Caspar entered as one of the ship's company, as did Aboh, Captain Magor
arranged to carry Kendo and Iguma with their followers to England, if
they preferred going there to being landed at one of the English
settlements on the coast.
I must now bring my tale rapidly to a conclusion. Kendo and his wife--
wisely, I think--determined not to go to England.
A week afterwards we fell in with the "Rover," when Charley rejoined his
ship, taking the blacks with him, the captain kindly promising to land
them at Cape Coast Castle, where they would be properly treated and
looked after. With the information we had gained, we were so well able
to conduct our transactions, that our voyage was the most successful
ever made by the "Arrow," and we had the satisfaction of meeting with
the approval of our employers, and receiving substantial
acknowledgments.
Of course our disappearance had caused very great anxiety to our
friends, though they had been buoyed up by the hope that we would surely
return.
Harry and I having married the young ladies to whom we had so long been
attached, entered the firm, and on the death of that kind and excellent
man Mr Swab, we found that he had divided his fortune between us.
THE END.
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