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teachers necessary, and the common laborers for 
manning boats and doing other necessary work, 
will require at least three thousand more. In case 
of much sickness, or having to go abroad in search 
of health, from four to five thousand dollars are 
needed every year. 
NUDE AFRICANS. 
On my return from Shengay to America I 
spent several days in Freetown, awaiting a vessel 
in which to sail. There is a great deal of 
living out-doors. The weather is always warm, 
and during one half the year there is no rain ; and 
many of the people are quite indiflerent as to 
whether they are in or out of doors, as well as to 
whether they are in or out of clothing. Their 
habits of going naked there, especially boys and 
girls until they are ten or twelve years old, out- 
rages one’s sense of propriety. But this is com- 
mon all along the west coast of Africa. To put a 
stop to naked boys and girls coming to the mis- 
sion-house, they had to be punished. We publicly 
and privately preached the gospel of dress, and 
showed the people that their licentious practices 
could never be corrected until they dress- 
ed. Nakedness is a crime against humanity, and 
contrary to the law of God, and should be pun- 
ished severely. The great curse of Africa, — that 
