. Africana; or, The heart of heathen Africa. erive amusement from our peculiarcircumstances. Dr. Macklin used to tell us playfullythat he had never written but one grumbling letter,and the steamer sank with its weight t Now, althoughthe trials of a Missionarys life might be heavy enoughto sink a steamer any day, we could not afibrd to dosuch damage to the mail service! Usually we werewithout letters for about two months, and when a maildid come there was much excitement. We had noinclination, and indeed no time, to read the daily papersminutely. The events had happened so long ago, thatwe rega
. Africana; or, The heart of heathen Africa. erive amusement from our peculiarcircumstances. Dr. Macklin used to tell us playfullythat he had never written but one grumbling letter,and the steamer sank with its weight t Now, althoughthe trials of a Missionarys life might be heavy enoughto sink a steamer any day, we could not afibrd to dosuch damage to the mail service! Usually we werewithout letters for about two months, and when a maildid come there was much excitement. We had noinclination, and indeed no time, to read the daily papersminutely. The events had happened so long ago, thatwe regarded them as fragments of ancient history. Butafter perusing our letters we found a good mental tonicin the pages of Punch : while scores of our dark pupilscame up after school and studied the Illustrated LondonNews and the Graphic, 12—2 Chapter XII. FOUKTH HALF. JAN., 1880—JUNE, 1880. During this half year there was a great removal ofdiscomforts. In particular the ministers lot was im-proved. For nearly two years, he and his family had. THE manse, BliANTTBE. been cooped up in the smaU hut already alluded to, THE NEW HOUSE. 179 which contained less space than one ordinary room in acivilised land. A fourth of the hut was filled withboxes, another quarter was a bed-room too small to behealthy: while the remaining half, though occupiedvery fully by an enormous table, had to serve not onlyfor dining-room, but also for nursery and study. Atthe beginning of April we bade adieu to our old homeand entered a larger house built of stone. This was anacceptable change for the purposes of study, as well asfor many other reasons. It had the advantage of beingmuch cooler than the grass huts, its thick walls appar-ently warding off the rays of the sun better than thewattle and daub. Being one of the largest houses thenatives had ever seen, it was an object of great admira-tion from the outside. But when inside, the natives didnot feel at ease; since they saw none of the posts thatthey were
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