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practical missionary would come liere ! Wliat a field 
and harvest ripe for the sickle of civilization ! Mtesa 
would give him anything he desired — houses, lands, 
cattle, ivory, &c. ; he might call a province his own in 
one day. It is not the mere preacher, however, that is 
wanted here. The bishops of Great Britain collected, 
with all the classic youth of Oxford and Cambridge, 
would effect nothing by mere talk with the intelligent 
people of Uganda. It is the practical Christian tutor, 
who can teach people how to become Christians, cure 
their diseases, construct dwellings, understand and 
RIPON FALLS, LOOKING NORTH. 
exemplify agriculture, and turn his hand to anything, 
like a sailor — this is the man who is wanted. Such an 
one, if he can be found, would become the saviour of 
Africa. He must be tied to no church or sect, but pro- 
fess God and His Son and the moral law, and live a. 
blameless Christian, inspired by liberal principles, charity 
to all men, and devout faith in Heaven. He must 
belong to no nation in particular, but to the entire 
white race. Such a man or men, Mtesa, Emperor of 
Uganda, Usogo, Unyoro, and Karagwe — an empire 360 
geographical miles in length, by 50 in breadth — in- 
vites to repair to him. He has begged me to tell the 
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