. James Hannington, , , , first bishop of eastern equatorial Africa; a history of his life and work, 1847-1885. r a long distance through a Mangrove swamp. Mangrove trees are verycurious J they let down fromtheir stems and branchesmany roots, which bindthem to the soft, black mudand keep them from beingwashed away by the tide ;for they always grow in thesalt water creeks withinreach of the tide. On theirroots hang a great manyoysters. In these parts we almost always have our doors andwindows wide open, so a great many different insects comeflying into the rooms. There are som
. James Hannington, , , , first bishop of eastern equatorial Africa; a history of his life and work, 1847-1885. r a long distance through a Mangrove swamp. Mangrove trees are verycurious J they let down fromtheir stems and branchesmany roots, which bindthem to the soft, black mudand keep them from beingwashed away by the tide ;for they always grow in thesalt water creeks withinreach of the tide. On theirroots hang a great manyoysters. In these parts we almost always have our doors andwindows wide open, so a great many different insects comeflying into the rooms. There are some black hornets thatcome and make nests of earth on the beams. They donot sting one, or do any harm beyond making a little dust,which is easily cleared away. Ihey kill a great manycaterpillars and other insectswith which to feed theiryoung, holding them inthis fashion. I rather fancythat they sting the cater-pillars first of all, and makethem insensible. I hopethat you have all been verygood and obedient to yourmother, and that God has blessed you with much think a gr.;at deal cf y^u, and am always happy to know. ^t. 37.] Reasons for Adoption of the Neiv Route. 323 that my dear little pets pray for their father who is somany miles away. God is love^ and watches over us,although we are absent from one another. Love and kissesto your dearest AlOther. I remain, sweet children, your very affectionate Father.^ We may here let the Bishop give some of the reasonswhich induced him to make this perilous journey througha land known to be occupied by the most lawless of savages,and which had only once been entered by a European, andby him traversed for only parr of the way. We have seen that he was, very soon after his arrival atFrere Town, struck with the immense superiority of thenew route into the interior, from a health poii^t of view,over the old route. This opinion was confirmed by hisjourney to Mount Kilima-njaro. He was overjoyed to findthat none of the terrors which h
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