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all, Mahonimedans make ), and then he tell 
him to go." 
"After this He make Mendi man, and 
showed him how to farm, make country 
cloths, mats, canoes, and such like things, 
and then he tell him to go." 
a In the last place he make Sherbroman, 
and when he get him done the sun go down, 
and he had no time to show him anything 
but make salt, and catch fish ; but promised 
to come back and show him more things : 
but he forgot to do so, and that the reason 
Sherbro man know so little. 5 ' 
They are inferior to any tribes with which 
I became acquainted, and are said to be the 
most stupid people on the whole coast. It 
is even true that they know little else but 
to make salt and catch fish, only as they 
learn from others. 
Some of the Timiny tribe say that the 
reason why white people are superior to 
their race in this world is, because they 
choose their good things here, but black 
man choose his good things in the next 
world. God offered both happiness in the 
next world, if they would be content to 
