Life and work in India; an account of the conditions, methods, difficulties, results, future prospects and reflex influence of missionary labor in India, especially in the Punjab mission of the United Presbyterian Church of North America . f theUnited Presbyterian Church of North America—has often sent its * Recently the mails were transmitted, via Brindisi, to Bombay in about threeweeks; but this was a rare passage. (9) 10 Life and work in india agents by tlie Ameri-can Line from thefirst-n a m e d city,where this Board islocated ; but a largemajority of those wholeave our sliores tolabor for
Life and work in India; an account of the conditions, methods, difficulties, results, future prospects and reflex influence of missionary labor in India, especially in the Punjab mission of the United Presbyterian Church of North America . f theUnited Presbyterian Church of North America—has often sent its * Recently the mails were transmitted, via Brindisi, to Bombay in about threeweeks; but this was a rare passage. (9) 10 Life and work in india agents by tlie Ameri-can Line from thefirst-n a m e d city,where this Board islocated ; but a largemajority of those wholeave our sliores tolabor for Christ inIndia cross the At-lantic by one ofthe great lines whichrun between NewYork and Liverpool, orLondon, to Calcutta,Madras, Bombay orKarachi, passage onsome steamer goingaround by the Straitof Gilbraltar can gen-erally be secured ina few days; or thetraveler may bookthrough by rail tosome port on theMediterranean, and,by prearrangement,meet a sliip advantages ofthe latter course area saving of time, anopportunity of sight-seeing on the conti-nent and freedomfrom tlie perils andthe seasickness ofthe Bay of disadvantages aregreater expense and trouble and the limitation of tlie amount of a. Lines of steamers ii passengers luggage. Excess of baggage is, in this case, generallysent as freight direct from England to India, or by special arrange-ment carried around on the same British steamer which the ownerhimself takes at Marseilles, Naples or Brindisi. There is a great difference in the character of the various lines ofsteamers, and a corresponding difference in their rates of passage. ThePeninsular & Oriental has for many years been the most celebratedline connecting Europe and the East. It carries the mails, is patron-ized by many English ofificials and makes regular, and comparativelyrapid, time. But it is tlie most .expensive of all, and is not mucli usedby missionaries unless they travel second-class. Other well knownlines are the
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