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myself with the thought that our visit to this coun- 

 try had not been in vain ; for from the relations which 

 we had maintained with the natives, our victory over 

 the Wamsara, the treaty we had made with the Embe, 

 and the kind manner in which we had treated the 

 natives of Daitcho, I felt convinced that the next 

 European visiting these places would meet with far 

 less difficulty than had been our lot. 



I am happy to say, such has already proved to be 

 the case. Daitcho has been visited by a European, 

 who not only found these people friendly, but also 

 met with a hearty welcome from the Embe ; and, ac- 

 companied by but twenty men, was enabled to spend 

 many days shooting in the country of the Wamsara, 

 without meeting aught but kindest treatment. Daitcho 

 at least, if not the greater portion of the Jombeni 

 range, is now almost open for missionary effort; but 

 I hope many years will elapse before such effort is 

 put forth. Although I have the greatest respect for 

 those noble men who sacrifice their comfort, and in 

 many cases their lives, for the propagation of the 

 Gospel, yet I am not of that number who are thor- 

 oughly convinced that the missionary is the best agent 

 for the introduction of civilization into a savage country. 

 First, let the natives be thoroughly convinced of the 

 European's superiority in strength and intellect ; and 

 teach them the advantages to be derived from honest 

 trade with the European ; then will the propagator of 

 the Gospel find his seed falling upon much more fertile 

 ground, and growing with less difficulty and to a greater 

 height, than if he had scattered it with never so lavish 

 a hand upon the sterile soil of purely savage natures. 



