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shortly after they arrived in Africa, at Foura Bay on the Sierra Leone. Of her triumphant death be given a most affecting account in his journal of that date. he has since lost a third wife, the daughter of Richmond Sampson, from Petersburgh, at Cape Mesurado. Soon after he made a profession of religion, he commenced holding meetings, and exhorting among the coloured people; and, though he had scarcely any knowledge of books, and but little acquaintance with mankind, he would frequently exhibit a boldness of thought and strength of native intellect, which no acquirement could ever have given him. 
4. At the close of his farewell sermon in the First Baptist meeting house in this city, before his departure for Africa, he remarked in substance as follows; "I [[am]] about to leave you; and expect to see your faces [[no]] more. I long to preach to the poor African the [[way]] of life and salvation. I don't know what may befall me, or whether I may find a grave in the ocean [[?]], among the savage men, or more savage wild beasts [[?]] the coast of Africa; nor am I anxious what may become of me. I feel it my duty to go; and I very m[[uch]] fear that many of those who preach the Gospel in [[th?]] country, will blush when the Saviour calls them to give an account of their labours in his cause, and tells th[[?]] "I commanded you to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature," (and with the [[most]] forcible emphasis he exclaimed.) "the Saviour [[?]] ask-Where have you been? What have you b[[een]] doing? Have you endeavoured to the utmost of y[[our]] ability to fulfil the commands I gave you-or have you sought your own gratification and your own ease, regardless of my commands." 
5. Lott Carey is now over forty years of age. He is possessed of a constitution peculiarly fitted for toil and exposure, and has felt the effects of the climate perhaps less than any other individual on the Cape. He has always shown that sort of inflexible integrity and correctness of deportment, towards all with whom he may be concerned, which necessarily commands their respect; but he will probably never be able to divest himself of a king of suspicious reserve toward white people; especially his superiors-which universally attaches itself to those reared in slavery. 
6. The interests of the colony, and the cause of his countrymen, both in Africa and in this country, lie near his heart. For them he is willing to toil, and to make almost any sacrifice; and he has frequently declared, that no possessions in this country could induce him to return. 7. He has been Health Officer and General inspector, since their settlement at Monrovia; but has refused to accept any other civil office. During the sickly season of the year, he has usually been wholly taken up in attending on the sick, and for more than a year past, they have had no other physician among them. The little medical information he obtained from Dr. Ayers and others on the coast, together with several years' experience, have enabled him successfully to contend with the peculiar fevers of the climate. 
8. Under date of March 12th, 1824, shortly after the arrival of the Cyrus with 105 emigrants, he writes; "The fever began about the 24th ult., and the 28th, we had 38 cases; and by the 2d inst. we had 66 under the operation of medicine; and at present, I have about 100 cases of fever to contend with: but we have been very much favoured, for they appear all to be on the recovery, and we have lost none saving three children. I have very little time to write to you, myself being the only man that will venture to act in the capacity of a physician."

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