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came for her, and again the mother tried to save 
her; hut the king said she must go. They went 
fifteen miles do.wn the coast to take a boat. Here 
she met one of her brothers, who was a convert. 
He took her from the old chief and brought her 
back to Shengay ; but the old chief recaptured her 
and took her back. Shortly after, he was arrested 
by the British government on suspicion of dealing 
in slaves, and sent to Freetown and there confined 
in jail; and while there, Susannah made good her 
escape and went with her mother to the Bomphe 
country, where Piomi can not get her. While with 
her husband she received no support from him 
whatever, but had to feed and clothe herself as 
b3st she could. 
Many native Africans, in their heathen state, 
are given to thieving on a small scale. Especially do 
they steal something to eat whenever they can 
find it, unless it is protected or watched over by 
what they call medicine. There is a great variety 
of this medicine. It is frequently made by Murry- 
men, or country-fashion men, as they are called. 
The Murry-men are Mohammedans, who write in 
Arabic. They write sentences of the Koran and do 
it up in different forms, either in horns, in cala- 
bashes, or in shells, and sometimes in cloth. A little 
iiut is built, usually at the entrance of the farm, and 
the medicine is put there in a conspicuous place, so 
