He describes the misery caused to the Africans by blockading the rivers used by the slavers when the slavers place them in barracoons while they sit out the blockade, and suggests that it would be better to allow the slavers to reach the sea, where they could be captured; he illustrates his point with the description of the recent blockade of a Portuguese slaver, in which he had been engaged, and the large death toll of enslaved people. He also describes his encounter with the Prince of Agua, who was carrying letters from Buxton, Philip, and other leading anti-slavery persons in a desk inscribed as being a gift from Buxton. This man, who claimed to be the son of the King of the Cameroons (Republic of Cameroon), later betrayed his position to the Portuguese slaver and he had since learned that he was generally considered a drunken blackguard, was really a former slave of the King who had been seized and taken to the West Indies, found favour there after liberation, and transported to London, where he had lived for a while and made the acquaintances of Buxton and Philip; on return to Africa, he placated the King of the Cameroons (Republic of Cameroon) with gifts and was employed by him as a spy to gain entry to British ships. S 25.