Collection seventy-three dollars.  The Mendians were invited by Mr. Burleigh to see a large picture exhibiting here—­’The Descent of Christ from the Cross,’ copied from Rubens—­and were highly gratified.

“Here we received a cordial invitation from two of the ministers of Northampton and several of their people to visit that place, with the assurance that the First Church, the largest in the county, should be opened for the Mendians.  On the 12th we rode to N. in the rain.  Mount Tom and the Connecticut River were pointed out to Cinque, who said, ’In my country we have very great mountain—­much bigger than that—­and river about so wide, but very deep.’  The weather cleared away towards night, and the church was nearly filled.  Rev. Mr. Pennington, colored minister of Hartford, opened the meeting with prayer.  Collection seventy-five dollars, in addition to seventeen dollars from the Female Abolition Society; fifty-three dollars collected before we arrived, and eighty-five contributed by ‘a friend,’ a short time since.  The reception here was warm-hearted.  Mr. Warner, keeper of the principal hotel in that place, furnished the Mendians with one of his best rooms, seated them at the table with his family and boarders, and, on being asked for his bill the next day, he replied, ‘There is nothing to pay!’ The agents of the Nashua and Andover rail roads also declined taking pay for the passages of the Mendians.  On Saturday, we rose at 3 o’clock, P.M., and returned to Springfield.  Here we took the steam boat for Hartford.  On arriving, application was made to Mr. Colton, keeper of the Temperance Hotel, to accommodate the Mendians.  He demurred.  Mr. Warner’s noble treatment of them was mentioned.  Mr. C. said he could not place them at his table.  He was told that this was not insisted upon; that if he would furnish me a room they could eat there, and sleep wherever it was convenient to Mr. C. But he absolutely refused to entertain them any how.  As this house has been patronized by abolitionists, they ought to know this fact.  After remaining in the cold on the wharf about an hour, the Mendians were received and hospitably entertained by several families without charge.

“On the Sabbath, November 14, they attended public worship in Rev. Mr. Pennington’s church.  In the afternoon the church was filled.  An address was made by the writer, and the Mendians read in the Testament and sang a hymn.  Collection eight dollars.  In the evening a meeting was held in the Centre Church, Rev. Dr. Hawes’s.  Notices were read in the other churches, and handbills had been posted the previous day.  The church, in every part, was crowded, and large numbers were unable to obtain admittance.  Dr. Hawes opened the meeting with prayer.  The services were of an interesting character.  Collection eighty dollars.  Dr. Hawes interrogated Kin-na.  He said, ’The Mendi people believe in a Great Spirit, although they do not worship him.  They