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a short time they made their way to Good Hope 
and other stations of the Mendi Mission. This 
mission, under the management of the American 
Missionary Association, is so called because that 
portion of Africa which they occupy is called the 
Mendi country. At these several stations our 
brethren found welcome homes and plenty to do 
whenever they were able to work. 
Mr. Flickinger again renewed his efforts to 
secure a location at Shaingay. Chief Caulker 
was still at Bendoo, being afraid to return to his 
native town lest the neighboring head-men would 
kill him. He now listened to our missionaries’ 
proposals with some interest. Still, he was not 
ready to grant the request. Pending these nego- 
tiations, or palavers,” with the chief, Mr. P. 
made a voyage to Liberia, a republic about two 
hundred miles down the coast, in a south-easterly 
direction from Sierra Leone. He spent nearly a 
month here, and gave it as his opinion that the 
president, congress, and other public functionaries, 
together with a number of the missionaries whom 
he met, ought to be taught some lessons on in- 
dustry and self-denial. He feared they were not 
doing their whole duty to civilize and Christianize 
the republic. He was also fully persuaded that 
Sierra Leone was a more healthy country than 
Liberia, and returned to Good Hope determined 
