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American Missionary Association, a half dozen 
of whom went over in the same vessel in which 
he sailed, were especially helpful to him in his 
labors among the Africans. Of course, the sub- 
ject that most engaged his attention was the 
securing of a suitable location for a station. He 
found it difficult to close a bargain with any of the 
heathen kings. They would talk, and sometimes 
promise, but when it came to giving a written 
title they were slow, and very uncertain. The 
king of MoKelli, when Mr. Shuey and himself 
had decided to commence operations, never com- 
mitted himself to paper. Meantime Mr. Flick- 
inger began to learn from the other missionaries, 
and from observation, that MoKelli was too re- 
mote from the coast for a mission-station. A 
part of the year the Jong Kiver was not naviga- 
ble as far as MoKelli, and it was a laborious, dan- 
gerous, and costly voyage, which it would by no 
means justify our missionaries to make so often, 
as they would be obliged to do if our mission 
were located there. 
During the summer the chief, or head-man of 
the town of Shaingay, was driven from his home 
by a war with the neighboring tribes, and took 
refuge in the town of Bendoo, only four miles 
from Good Hope Station. Mr. Flickinger paid 
him a visit and tried hard to obtain permission to 
