BATHURST

a settlement on the west coast of in Africa, formed by the British on the island of St. icy Mary's, near the mouth of the Grambia; lat. 13° 25' K. It was formed in connection with the colony oE Sierra Leone; the object being to establish an equitable commerce, insteiad of the slave-trade. It con is sists partly of commodious, uid even handsome of houses, but mostly of African huts with small gardens. The market is thronged by individuals of different tribes, and abundantly supplied with beef, mutton, poultry, fish, milk, and butter. The trade is chiefly in gum, bees' -wax, hides, ivory, and gold, bartered for British cloths and cutlery.