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INTERVIEW WITH LINTUA, &c. [1820 
made him a present of various articles, with which 
he seemed pleased. 
At noon we had a meeting- with him and his 
captains in front of the tent. I stated to him that 
my object in visiting Mateebe some years before 
was to inquire if he wished to have white men re- 
siding among his people, to instruct them in the 
truths of God. That Mateebe had consented to 
receive and protect them, and I had gone back 
to my country, and having stated the wish of 
Mateebe, teachers were sent, who had lived, as 
he knew, a considerable time at Lattakoo, to the 
satisfaction of Mateebe. 
Lintua replied, that he knew Mateebe to be 
the friend of those teachers ; that he and his 
people considered themselves as the servants of 
Mateebe, for the country around was his ; the 
Krooman River, on which they lived, was Ma- 
tebee's ; its water, which they drank, came out 
of the King's ground, so that the very water 
which they used was his ; therefore they wished 
to follow the example of Mateebe, and would be 
very glad to have Missionaries come and reside 
amongst them. 
Lintua by this speech proved himself to be a 
tolerable politician. He knew Mateebe's uncle 
