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61 There are few incidents in the life of Sandifoid which it has been in the power of his biographer to detail; and what he has been able to collect concerning the character and pursuits of this excellent man, relates chiefly to the part which he took in the great question of African emancipation.

There are, however, some circumstances, which, before entering on the brief view, which is all that can be promised even of the most important feature of his history, it may be proper at this time to relate.

During the period that he was engaged in the trading voyages before noticed, he was often subjected to extreme suffering, and imminent peril. At one time, he was robbed by pirates, and escaped but with his life. On another occasion, the vessel on board which he was sailing, foundered in a storm. Himself, and the ship's company, embarked in the long boat, and were eight days tossed on the ocean without food; they succeeded however, in making the land to the southward of