He writes that he would never forget his visit to Buxton or his generosity, and that he prayed he would live long enough to see his plan for Africa beginning to work. If he and his countrymen liked the herring paste, he would consider the matter [of importing it] further. He was leaving London the following day to join the 'Ceres' to set sail for Sierra Leone and, on arrival, would begin preaching in Yoruba in Freetown before continuing to Abeokuta, but at present his translation of the scripture was his chief concern.