. Among the Burmans; a record of fifteen years of work and its fruitage. athway was discovered when ditching the roadthat passes the prison-site. This further corrobo-rated the statement of the two Burmans that thepolice quarters were on the north side of thisroad, and the prison on the south. There is littleroom for doubt that the brick pathway connectedthe two. The prison itself was only a bamboostructure, of which nothing would now be left. A Buddhist monastery erected later near theprison-site, was destroyed by fire a few yearsago. There are two pagodas within a stonesthrow, one of which m
. Among the Burmans; a record of fifteen years of work and its fruitage. athway was discovered when ditching the roadthat passes the prison-site. This further corrobo-rated the statement of the two Burmans that thepolice quarters were on the north side of thisroad, and the prison on the south. There is littleroom for doubt that the brick pathway connectedthe two. The prison itself was only a bamboostructure, of which nothing would now be left. A Buddhist monastery erected later near theprison-site, was destroyed by fire a few yearsago. There are two pagodas within a stonesthrow, one of which may have stood there inJudsons time. Except a few slender palms, the region musthave been treeless, the heat indescribable. Thelocation of Mrs. Judsons house is from the situation of the village, and thecharacter of the land near by it must have beenquite near the prison. The Baptist mission has secured about twoacres of land, including the prison-site. By thegenerous gift of two Am^^rican Baptists whorecently visited Aungbinle, a neat and substantial. With Persecutions 223 brick chapel has been erected on the prison-site,as nearly as can be determined. A little fartherback, and to one side, is the Burman preachershouse, also included in the gift. The missionary,who frequently visits the village, has provideda miniature cottage of thatch-and-bamboo, inwhich to rest and find protection from the mid-day heat. As one attempts to realize the situa-tion as it was,—Judson suffering untold agonies,aggravated by his heartless tormentors,—in themiserable prison ; Mrs. Judson, in her isolationand friendlessness, suffering from privation, in-tolerable heat, disease, and the yet greatermental suffering on account of her husband whomight at any moment be led to execution beforeher eyes,—the picture becomes more and moreterrible. Then as we turn again to the chapeland preachers house our thoughts rise in praiseto Him who has wrought these changed condi-tions. On the ve
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