. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. $&m. 116 UNDER THE CRESCENT. tribes visited by some of our workers thereare not even the crude stools or beds which aresometimes found. The inevitable mat of reedson which to rest their bones serves also, hungover the hole-like door, to keep out the rain. The fire, always either burning brightly orsmouldering, never being allowed to go out,occupies a space in the center of the floor ofhard-pounded earth. The smoke may makeits exit as best it may, or it may remain inthe hut, which it mostly does, greatly to thediscomfor
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. $&m. 116 UNDER THE CRESCENT. tribes visited by some of our workers thereare not even the crude stools or beds which aresometimes found. The inevitable mat of reedson which to rest their bones serves also, hungover the hole-like door, to keep out the rain. The fire, always either burning brightly orsmouldering, never being allowed to go out,occupies a space in the center of the floor ofhard-pounded earth. The smoke may makeits exit as best it may, or it may remain inthe hut, which it mostly does, greatly to thediscomfort of the family. The dishes or otherutensils, except for the clay cooking kettles,are minus. Miss Drummer writes of one such stoppingplace on an evangelistic itinerary: I had hammock carriers and went abouteighteen or twenty miles to the south of usamong the people in a nest of large villages. Ireached Kalunga on Thanksgiving Day. Noturkey on the menu! These villages are nearthe Quiz River, so famous for crocodiles. Idrank water from the river and made a visitdown to the place where one of them had
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