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admitting foreigners does not come as the first idea to the 

 native mind. One might imagine that, as mechanical powers 

 are unknown to the heathen, the almost magic operations of 

 machinery, the discoveries of modern science and art, or 

 the presence of the prodigious force which, for instance, is 

 associated with the sight of a man-of-war, would have 

 the effect which miracles once had of arresting the at- 

 tention and inspiring awe. But, though we have heard 

 the natives exclaim in admiration at the sight of even 

 small illustrations of what science enables us to do — " Ye 

 are gods, and not men" — the heart is unaffected. In 

 attempting their moral elevation, it is always more con- 

 ducive to the end desired, that the teacher should come 

 unaccompanied by any power to cause either jealousy or fear. 

 The heathen, who have not become aware of the greed and 

 hate which too often characterize the advancing tide of emi- 

 gration, listen with most attention to the message of Divine 

 love when delivered by men who evidently possess the same 

 human sympathies with themselves. A Chief is rather 

 envied his good fortune in first securing foreigners in his 

 town. Jealousy of strangers belongs more to the Arab than 

 to the African character ; and if the women are let alone by 

 the traveller, no danger need be apprehended from any save 

 the slave-trading tribes, and not often even from them. 



We saw large flocks of the beautiful Numidian cranes : 

 guinea-fowls were still numerous, but rather shyer, as the 

 natives here shoot many with arrows, and kill them by skil- 

 fully throwing their clubs. The Mambo, the name here for 

 Chief, of the island Mochue sent his brother and principal 

 men after us to present a gift, and to " hear the words which 

 were to cause the land to rest." We apologized for passing 

 without calling, by stating that strangers could not know 



