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MISSIONARY LIFE 
to impress the true ideas of civilization both by 
word and example. We want to stir np more in- 
terest among the young people. To do this we 
liad a debate last night on the subject, From 
whom has mankind received the most benefit, the 
aoTiculturist or the merchant.’’ Both sides were 
well argued. It was quite an enjoyable time. 
We ought to have a small printing-press here, 
and a monthly paper edited by the missionaries.. 
At any rate, we should have a press. 
Daniel F. Wilberforce.. 
Sherbro Mission, West Africa, May 19, 1879, 
CHIEF GEORGE CAULKER. 
Mr. Caulker is not an ordinary chief of a town;: 
his jurisdiction and authority extend over a large 
part of the Sherbro country of west Africa. He 
succeeded his father, the late Thomas Stephen. 
Caulker, chief of the Plantains, Shengay, etc.,, 
and at his instance signed the deed of conveyance 
to the missionary society of the lands now known 
as Shengay Station. 
When a young man his father sent George to 
England, where he received a fair education, and 
in this respect has a great advantage over his. fel- 
low-chiefs. Having a good understanding of the 
English language, as well as a perfect knowledge 
of the Sherbro dialect, he makes one of the most 
