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REQUEST FOR MISSIONARIES. 
said to get the salt from “ Yauri,” where it is brought 
from the interior of the Ilaussa country. 
Mr. Schdn endeavoured to find out what notions 
tliey entertained of a future state. They said a good 
man may “take road again;” but that a bad man 
never could “ take road again.” They could not tell 
where the good man would “ take road to,” nor did 
they know what became of the bad man ; or if either 
of them came back after death. Mr. Schon asked, 
what they thought would happen to a man who had 
committed murder, but was never found out, and con- 
sequently never punished in this world. The answer 
was, that the murderer and murdered would meet 
before God, who knew all things ; and that He would 
punish the murderer. The headman and others lis- 
tened attentively to Mr. Schon, while he explained to 
them the leading doctrines of the Christian religion. 
They said, they were glad to hear that, by God’s grace, 
some of our countrymen might be sent to them, “ to 
teach them better things.” Some of our Nufi men, 
who were cutting wood, told their countrymen that an 
English settlement had been formed at the Confluence, 
and assured them of the good intentions of the Eng- 
lish towards the black men ; which they heard with 
delight, and expressed a wish to be removed to the 
settlement, where they should have protection. 
Sept. 2Qth . — The weather throughout the day has 
been fine and clear, but the heat terribly oppressive, 
the thermometer 92’’ Fahr. in the coolest part of the 
