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1 James Riley, An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Month of August, 1815 (3rd ed.) [i] (1818)

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     AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE


                    OF THE LOSS OF THE


       AMERICAN BRIG COMMERCE,


WRECKED ON THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA, IN THE MONTTA

                    OF AUGUST, 1815.

                         WITH


            AN ACCOUNT OF THE SUFFERINGS

                         OF HEI


         SURVIVING OFFICERS AND CREW,


    WHO WERE ENSLAVED BY THE WANDERING ARABS ON THE GREAT


 AFRICAN DESERT, OR ZAHAHRAH;


                          AND


      OBSERVATIONS HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, &c.

   MADE DURING THE TRAVELS OF THE AUTHOR, WHILE A SLAVE TO THE
             ARABS, AND IN THE EXPIRE OF MOROCCO.


                  BY JAMES RILEY,
      HER LATE MASTER AND SUPERCARGO, AND A MEMBER OP TIE
                NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Preceded by abrief sketch of the Author's life; and containing a description of the famous cit-
of Tom uctoo, on the river Niger, and of another large city, far south of it, on the same rivei,
called Wassanah; narrated to the Author at Mogadore, by Sidi Hamnt, the Arabian merchaa;t


WITH A NEW, VALUABLE, AND INTERESTING APPENDIX,


       ILLUSTRATED AND EMBELLISHED WITH ELEVEN

                COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING8.

                     THIRD EDITION.




                     NEW-YORK:
                  PUBLISHED BY THH AVU'lfn.

                          1812.

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