IN WESTERN AFRICA. 
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the new moon, which will he about the 8th or 
9th. The king of the Quiah country, Fouray- 
Dugoo, and Mahara, was here. He is a great man 
in the country. He was sent here by the gover- 
nor of Sierra Leone to settle some war-palaver. 
He is a Mohammedan and a good Arabic scholar. 
His son, a fine young man, is not a Mohammedan, 
and received an English education in Freetown. 
He invited the people to the meeting, and inter- 
preted for us. Mr. Campbell spoke well from I. 
Tim. ii. 5. I followed, speaking on the birth of 
Christ. Next morning King Allemammy sent to 
know if we would hold a meeting at his place. 
So when he had sent the Mohammedans away, 
except a few, and four of his wives, together with 
a few of the towns-people, we all went over and 
explained to them the sufferings and death of 
Christ — after which they sent us letters, which I 
forward to you. Eight of the king’s wives were 
there in the town, but only four attended the 
meeting. 
Early the next morning after we reached Rotu- 
funk, I was standing in front of the house. A 
girl passed, going toward the river, with an image 
ornamented with beads in her hand. I asked her 
to show it to me, and offered to buy it. She said 
it was a woman’s child, and she was going to 
wash it. She refused to sell it. I spoke to the 
