Seven years in Ceylon: stories of mission life . TAIAL ELEPHANTS BATHIXG. CHAPTER XX. Brief Visit to Newera Ellia. Newera Ellia, July 301I1, 1SS5. YOU will see by the heading that I am not at this momentin Jaffna, but in the interior of the island, on the topof hills over 5000 feet above the sea. I have come here for afew weeks of rest at the invitation of a lady, the wife of amissionary of the Church Missionary Society. 1 hey were inJaffna for some years, our neighbouring fellow-workers. 1heyare our dear friends, and esteemed very highly in love fortheir works sake I was very glad t
Seven years in Ceylon: stories of mission life . TAIAL ELEPHANTS BATHIXG. CHAPTER XX. Brief Visit to Newera Ellia. Newera Ellia, July 301I1, 1SS5. YOU will see by the heading that I am not at this momentin Jaffna, but in the interior of the island, on the topof hills over 5000 feet above the sea. I have come here for afew weeks of rest at the invitation of a lady, the wife of amissionary of the Church Missionary Society. 1 hey were inJaffna for some years, our neighbouring fellow-workers. 1heyare our dear friends, and esteemed very highly in love fortheir works sake I was very glad to escape for a little while from the trying heat of Jaffna. The hotseason February to May, was unusually long this year, for the wind was late m coming ;and as we had more than the usual amount of work on our hands, three of themissionaries being absent in America on account of health, I suppose I must haveoverworked a little, for I began to be very easily tired, and to feel unable to go onwith my duties. Now, after a little perfect quiet and freedom from care
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