In leper-land : being a record of my tour of 7,000 miles among Indian lepers ; including some notes on missions and an account of eleven days with Miss Mary Reed and her lepers . vered his sight that he had, on the day Isaw him, commenced to learn to read in the missionschool; the other boy had had one eye operated on,and could see so well that a few weeks before hehad gone off by himself to their village, and returnedthat very morning, just in time to be photographedwith his brother and sister. The growing appreciation with which the hospitalis regarded will be seen from the number of visitsw
In leper-land : being a record of my tour of 7,000 miles among Indian lepers ; including some notes on missions and an account of eleven days with Miss Mary Reed and her lepers . vered his sight that he had, on the day Isaw him, commenced to learn to read in the missionschool; the other boy had had one eye operated on,and could see so well that a few weeks before hehad gone off by himself to their village, and returnedthat very morning, just in time to be photographedwith his brother and sister. The growing appreciation with which the hospitalis regarded will be seen from the number of visitswhich have steadily increased, till, in the eight weeksof 1901 up to February 24, they amounted to 4,887, ofwhich 2,028 were of new patients. In addition to thisthe limited accommodation for in-patients is constantlyovertaxed. When it is remembered that all thesereceive some Christian teaching, it will be seen whata valuable work is being done. To the direct benefitsmust be added the incalculable influence of such anagency in preparing the people of all the villages ofthe district to receive the Gospel, or at least to listenwith infinitely less prejudice to its
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