IN WESTERN AFRICA. 
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among them now, for worldy gain alone. Surely, 
on African soil, “ man’s inhumanity to man ” has 
caused not only millions to mourn, but very many 
to sink to depths in the pool of moral pollution to 
which they never would have gone had they been 
left to themselves. 
It is hut proper to state also, in this connection, 
that their skill in chirography is equalled by few, 
and not surpassed by any. They are naturally 
great imitators in whatever direction they choose 
to exercise their faculties. They are remarkably 
skillful with the pen. 
