In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
every day and were most hospitably entertained 
by the celebrities of Liberia, from president 
down. Because of this and because a Liberian 
gave his life for mine before 1 left Africa, 1 shall 
always have a warm place in my heart for this 
heroic little colony. With the thrilling expe¬ 
riences of its early settlers, 1 suppose my readers 
are familiar. One of the most remarkable special 
providences of which I ever heard was the dream 
of the Liberian woman which caused her to fire 
the only cannon in the fort and thus saved the 
last remnant of the colony from entire destruc¬ 
tion. This incident seems to predict that the 
Lord has yet a great work for the Liberians to do. 
At Palmas, we were most charmingly enter¬ 
tained by Rev. Mr. Hoffman and his wife at the 
Episcopal Orphanage. 1 here had the pleasure of 
meeting a near kinsman in the person of Bishop 
Payne the head of the Episcopal Mission to the 
Grebos or Kroos. These Kroos are one of the 
most remarkable peoples on the globe. They 
are distinguished from other natives by a broad, 
blue streak extending from the top of the fore¬ 
head to the end of the nose. I was informed 
that this mark is put there by the mother and is 
intended to be a pledge that they will die before 
they will submit to slavery. During my residence 
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