GREEGREES, 
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stolen from some trader, and because it 
served as a safeguard to keep money in a 
chest, house, or wherever they saw it used, 
they concluded that it would, with a little 
Arabic, be good to bring money in and 
cause others to wait for money due them. 
The last Greegree I shall notice is simply 
a roll of splinters with some of the effica- 
cious writing in the inside, and " this good 55 
to keep witches out of houses, and from 
hurting persons anywhere. 
It is truly remarkable how confidently 
they believe these Greegrees will produce 
the results for which they are recommended. 
If any one makes a new discovery, per- 
forms an extraordinary feat, or is very 
skillful in any respect whatever, they say 
,c he have some Greegree for show that." I 
heard one say that the reason white people 
know so much, and make so many fine 
things, is because they have a one lig big 
Greegree for show them." 
The English Consul of Sherbro Island, 
Eev. Mr. Handsen, a couple of years since 
captured two slave canoes at the same time: 
having only his boatmen, some six or seven 
