A life for Africa : RevAdolphus Clemens Good, , American missionary in equatorial West Africa . t Atangino to call the people to churchnext day. 74 A LIFE FOR AFRICA Reached home, noon. Preached in all thirty times, to about 800 100-110 miles. Missionary efforts on the Ogowe had thusfar been made through the Mpongwe languageand chiefly expended upon the Gralwa tribe,while they were far outnumbered by the of thousands of Fang, wrote , and not a single convert among them,on this river. It would be my wish to allowmy associate to go on with his previous work,
A life for Africa : RevAdolphus Clemens Good, , American missionary in equatorial West Africa . t Atangino to call the people to churchnext day. 74 A LIFE FOR AFRICA Reached home, noon. Preached in all thirty times, to about 800 100-110 miles. Missionary efforts on the Ogowe had thusfar been made through the Mpongwe languageand chiefly expended upon the Gralwa tribe,while they were far outnumbered by the of thousands of Fang, wrote , and not a single convert among them,on this river. It would be my wish to allowmy associate to go on with his previous work,and devote myself to the Fang. But after afew months of energetic initiative came one ofthose inevitable, characteristic interruptionsto every enterprise of white men on the WestCoast. His associate^ was dangerously lowwith fever and had to be sent to G-aboon, andsoon after Mr. Good himself succumbed. Thephysician ordered them both out to sea. Atevery calling port a message was sent backto Mrs. Good. Up with E all night; temperature 1 Rev. W. H. Robinson; resigned from the Africa missionin DR. A. C. GOOD AT OLD CALABAR, 1885. BEGINNINGS IN THE OGOIVE COUNTRY 75 103p. Mrs. E sick too. Yours truly is getting on very well. From Old Calabar: R s fever down, but takes little food. Place unfavorable torecovery. Going to Bonny. If he gets up,you may expect me by next not, there is nothing for it but on to Ma-deira. I am going to get awfully tired of like the idea of being away from youand work so long, but I am in for it. Dontworry; am feeling first-rate. Accompany-ing this letter was a photograph for the girlI left behind me, taken in the yard of theScotch mission. Back at Kangwe: Now I hope to stayhere a long time without change. My healthseems completely restored —a seeming to bedisproved by many a burning fever yet. No time is lost in getting that boat againinto motion. Within a month the missionaryhas seen nearly all our people at commu-nion, and
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