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Koelle, increased to a hundred and fifty by Bishop Vidal, and reduced to sixty by Mr. Griffith, are spoken in the streets of Freetown, a 'city' which in 1860 numbered 17,000 and now 22,000 souls. The inextricably mixed descendants of the liberateds may be a total of 35,430, more than half the sum of the original settlement, 53,862.
As he doubts what to do, he hears the cock say to the house-dog 'Our master is not wise; I have fifty hens who obey me; if he followed my advice, he'd just take a good stick, shut up his wife in a room with him, and give her a good cudgelling. The same story is told in Straparola with so many variations as to show it is no copy; it is also told in a Servian popular tale, with variations of its own; and now here we find it in Bornou, as told by Koelle.
Norris, and Herr Koelle wrote abundant nonsense. Its origin is still unknown. My belief is that the suggestion came from the Moslems. Of late years it has been waxing obsolete, and few care to write their letters in it. The Vái, who extend as far as Little Cape Mount River, are depicted in a contrast of extremes. Mr. Ethnol.
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