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galensis) , the Maleutine of the Liberians , which , how- 

 ever, does not proceed farther up the rivers than the first 

 rapids. 



The rains prevailed with an unusual violence during 

 our stay at Sofore Place , and during the months of August 

 and September all connection with Mr. Day and the Coast 

 was cut off. Certainly we had moved , in the dry days of July 

 to another place higher up the river , which I had chosen 

 as a new station on a trip to the inner edge of the forest 

 region, a place, where every kind of food could be pro- 

 cured. 



Sickly, however, the cunning headman of Sofore Place 

 and brother of the powerful Golah-king Fan Quehqueh, 

 did not like to let us depart , as we resembled in his hands 

 an orange which he never got tired of squeesing out anew. 

 In vain I tried to get carriers from tïie Boozies , a 

 tribe amongst which we intended to take up our abode ; 

 they were too anxious to keep peace with the warlike 

 Golahs to procure us the needful number of carriers. 



The dry days of July were wasted in continual palavers 

 and before we were aware of it, the rains had set in 

 again with such a violence that we were obliged to stay. 



About the lö^h of October we were enabled to return 

 by the intervention of Mr. Day who sent us carriers who , 

 however , not being sufficient in number , were supplemented 

 by people of Sickly. The carriers of the latter plundered 

 our baggage on the way to Mr. Day's, without our being 

 able to prevent it. Happily enough , oar collections reached 

 Monrovia safely and were directly packed and shipped 

 for Europe. 



From Monrovia we removed by sea, on board a cutter 

 belonging to the Dutch factory, to Robertsport, a Liberian 

 settlement at Grand Cape Mount, about 45 miles west 

 from Monrovia , where we were kindly received by our 

 old acquaintance Mr. Veldkamp and by the American 

 Missionary the Rev. Mr. Grubb and his wife, as well as 

 by Mr. Watson, the Superintendent for this place. 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum , Vol. VII. 



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