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Prussia; welcomed in its progress by the Missionaries of 
the different nations; and on the farthest verge of that part 
of this continent on which we have yet a station; receiving 
the parting blessing of the Missionaries of France—a bless- 
ing which will be echoed by the Church of Christ in Britain ; 
by those of: France and Germany; by hundreds of thou- 
sands on the continent of America who have heard the cry 
of Africa for help, and. who are now looking anxiously to 
that very region to which this expedition is destined, in 
which to plant the germ of religion and civilization ; and by 
the philosopher and the philanthropist of every clime.” 
INSTRUCTIONS ADDRESSED TO THE DIRECTOR OF 
THE EXPEDITION INTO CENTRAL AFRICA, BY THE 
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. 
To Dr. ANDREw Smit, (or the) Director (for the time 
being) of the Expedition into Central Africa. 
Sir, 
In offering to you certain general instructions for the 
purpose of elucidating their views as to the object and con- 
duct of the enterprise committed to your direction, the Com- 
mittee of Management take the earliest opportunity of 
expressing their confident reliance on your zeal, talents, and 
experience, as of themselves enabling you to apprehend and 
provide for the proper object and most beneficial detail in 
such an undertaking; and they therefore expect that you 
should not consider yourself bound by any decision of theirs, 
to adopt or reject, in deference to their opinion, any measures 
of which their views at present do not coincide with the 
