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she teaches, and conducts prayer-meetings. She 
also has a Sahhath-school, and is under God do- 
ing an excellent work at Manoh. 
CANNIBALS AND IDOLATORS. 
One year ago the people would kill and eat 
each other at Yondoo, Bomba, and Bacooh. They 
would disguise themselves in leopard-skins, with 
iron claws on their hands. They would watch for 
their prey and spring upon it. Brother Flick- 
inger has a set of these iron claws, which were 
taken from one of these cannibals, who was 
caught by the king. A few months ago the 
native Christians at Shengay organized a native 
missionary society, to send the gospel to these 
poor people. The messengers of peace, who have 
been sent from time to time, have been received 
with open arms at all these villages. The meet- 
ings are well attended; and now they say they 
want a missionary to come and sit down there — 
to remain among them. The object of this new 
aid -society is to employ one man, to travel a 
large circuit, to read the Bible, preach, and talk 
about the Christian religion to many people. 
They have not the means to employ a permanent 
teacher there. My object in writing this article 
is to beg the Christians of America — some church, 
Sabbath - school, or conference, — to send $100, 
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