American missionary memorial : including biographical and historical sketches . he men were told that we weremissionaries, but our object in coming to look at the mountainand the fall was to them perfectly incomprehensible. As theyseemed to paddle their light canoes pretty rapidly over the wa-ter, our men proposed to them a race. A scene the most live-ly and exciting ensued. Every one exerted his strength to theutmost. The canoes, though they had quite the largest num-ber of men, yet could not keep pace with the boat. The forestaround rang again with their shouts. At last a very old wom-an, wh
American missionary memorial : including biographical and historical sketches . he men were told that we weremissionaries, but our object in coming to look at the mountainand the fall was to them perfectly incomprehensible. As theyseemed to paddle their light canoes pretty rapidly over the wa-ter, our men proposed to them a race. A scene the most live-ly and exciting ensued. Every one exerted his strength to theutmost. The canoes, though they had quite the largest num-ber of men, yet could not keep pace with the boat. The forestaround rang again with their shouts. At last a very old wom-an, who had followed to see the white men, and could not withpleasure see her sons beaten, seated herself flat in the bottomof the canoe, and dashed her paddle into the water with mightand main. Soon we passed the stream on which their townwas situated, and thither they turned, shouting, as they leftus, Emen tangoui!—wonderful white man ! Continuing their journey, they reached Gandi about mid-night. Preaching at Mbini to a large audience, they proceeded MR. AXD MRS SI MP soy 493. on their voyage, spent the night at Ilavi, and arrived again attheir temporary home on the G-aboon. From these surveys the brethren were led to select Corisco,in preference to any place on the w^estern coast, for their sta-tion. This island lies in the mouth of Corisco Bay. It isfifty-five miles north of the equator, and from fifteen to twentyfrom the main land of the west coast of Africa. The popula-tion of the island is about fifteen hundred. Some of the rea-sons for selecting Corisco for their station were the following:The slave-trade had been discontinued, and the inhabitants, at 494 ^^- ^^^ MRS. siMPsoy. least of the islands, were in a higher state of preparation formissionary operations ; it was at a sufficient distance from thestation of the American Board at the Graboon; the fine sea-breezes, it was judged, would be favorable to health ; in addi-tion to its own population, it was in the vicinity o
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