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bear the name of a Christian, yet in Christian virtues he far excelled many who bear the name; and I sometimes was ready to wish I could have entered into his thoughts when he heard, as was sometimes the case, some of our Christian passengers, advocating the justice and propriety of Negro slavery. He himself was of a darker hue than than many slaves. On my leaving the ship, there were divers articles which it was not necessary should pass the Custom-house; and which I wished to take with me to my relation's in Liverpool. On getting these matters together, and being about to have them taken away, with the permission of the officer on board, I was surprised at this kind Hindoo stepping forward, and insisting upon taking them to my quarters in the town, where he delivered them safely at the house of my relation, a distance of more than a mile from the ship, without accept- ing any other reward, than the satisfaction of doing a kind office to one he believed to be his friend. The articles he took, were mostly natural curiosities, with some specimens of Indian inge- nuity; and I was entertained, with the interest which seemed to be excited in the people who stood gazing at this friendly Indian, as he traversed the streets with his burden; both himself and his load being equally objects of attention to the curious.