My travels in North West Rhodesia : or, A missionary journey of sixteen thousand miles . te, the paragraphs werewritten from day to day; while the objectsdescribed were before my eyes; and the viewsset forth were warm in my thoughts. Onlyrevision has been done since returning home. I offer no apology for writing chiefly fromthe point of view of a Missionary. I coulddo no other. Mine has been a Missionarylife. It was a Missionary journey I under-took; and in publishing this book my motiveis Missionary. The pictures in the first three chapters arelent by the White Star Co., the Bi-itish SouthAfr
My travels in North West Rhodesia : or, A missionary journey of sixteen thousand miles . te, the paragraphs werewritten from day to day; while the objectsdescribed were before my eyes; and the viewsset forth were warm in my thoughts. Onlyrevision has been done since returning home. I offer no apology for writing chiefly fromthe point of view of a Missionary. I coulddo no other. Mine has been a Missionarylife. It was a Missionary journey I under-took; and in publishing this book my motiveis Missionary. The pictures in the first three chapters arelent by the White Star Co., the Bi-itish SouthAfrican Co., and mv friend Mr. Willoughbv, INTRODUCTION. xiii of the Tigers Kloof Institution; to all ofwhom I tender my best thanks. I am indebtedfor the remaining pictures to Mr. Kerswelland Mr. Price who, together with their wives,did so much to make my journey both apleasure and a success. I must also mentionthe great courtesy of the Government visited four Government Camps, and wasmade to feel at home at each, and receivedassistance that money could not have CHAPTER I. Liverpool to Cape Town. /^N Thursday, July 2nd, 1908, I left^^ Liverpool in the good ship Persic formy long projected journey to South CentralAfrica. The pier-head presented a picturefull of movement and interest. Leave-takingis not a pleasant exercise—the last fewmoments reaching near to agony. This will bemy seventh time across the Atlantic. It hasalways been kind to ine. I have never misseda meal. The Persic is a fine and steadyship. We are settling to the voyage splendidly. Sunday, July 5. A lovely morning—quiet, bright, and justwarm enough to be pleasant. The passengersare dressed in their best—some of the meneven have their top hats on. What the sailorsare obliged to do in working the ship is donein a more subdued way than on other was a large gathering at morning ser-vice ; and in the evening we had sacred singingin the library. A fortnight on board ship, with ma
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