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occasion much, and also the cakes and candy which 
came afterward. 
Among the many places of interest which we 
visited was Fort Caulker, on Plantain Island, 
where Rev. John Newton spent many years of 
his life, first as an extensive merchant and slave- 
trader, then as a Christian, and an eminent minis- 
ter of the gospel. 
Thomas Caulker, Mrs. Hadley, Mrs. Gomer, the 
school children, and myself went to a town called 
Toombo, seven miles from Shengay. This town 
is the seat of government for one of Mr. Caulker’s 
sub-chiefs, Mr. McCockle. He is head-man of the 
celebrated Tomo medicine. This is a native pro- 
duction, and its merit is said to be that it can cut 
a person’s nose. The members of the Tomo so- 
ciety worship the spirits of their dead, and cook 
for them. They wear odd costumes, and claim to 
have dealings with the devil, which doubtless is 
true. The Tomo dance is a favorite amusement.* 
One Mr. Sangster came to Shengay with his 
daughter Yamekiah, from Tassoh. He liad sold 
her to William Bangoora, or Soorie, one of our 
boatmen, for a wife, two or three months previous- 
ly ; but when they were to be married the mother 
, objected to her daughter’s swearing that bad 
American swear.” Of course they could not mar- 
ry then. But the mother became sick, and finally 
