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benefit of vaccination to the tribes of the Niger, and 
have at most places vaccinated, and recommended it 
to the mallams on every occasion. I explained its use 
to one or two mallams, and to Mamansa, the chief’s 
son. Mamansa was particularly struck with what was 
told him, and at once begged to be shown how to 
operate himself, He inserted the lymph into the arms 
of six boys, and really with neatness and skill, although 
I dare say he never saw a lancet before in his life. 
But the people here seem to have great imitative 
power. Before my friend Mamansa made his debut 
as an operator, I showed him the mode of proceeding, 
in two cases. lie then took the lancet, and per- 
formed, with an address that would have delighted 
my friend Dr. Gilliam, of the National Vaccine Insti- 
tution. 
Speaking of vaccination, I would here remark, that 
I feel confident, that medicine and surgery, judiciously 
exercised, will form important elements in any endea- 
vour to civilize the tribes on the banks of the Niger. 
The same will obtain, I believe, throughout Africa. 
The Africans have the most sacred confidence in the 
powers of medicine. Medical practitioners are nowhere 
more respected. When first I proposed vaccination 
as an effectual remedy for one of their most direful 
scourges in the dry season, it is true many of the 
mothers listened with doubt, and eventually ran away 
with their children ; but we must not forget the bitter 
