A beautiful life : memoir of MrsEliza Nelson Fryer, 1847-1910 . f the whole harbor, with the prom-ontory on the east and the peninsula on the northwest. Thebuildings of the promontory are all bungalows and at thisdistance add greatly to the charm of the picture. This Mis-sion has been in existence since 1864 and at present thereare eight missionaries. They have thriving boardingschools both for boys and girls and several day schools in thecountry. The church members in this and outlying sta-tions number over one hundred, and what speaks well forthe work is that at several stations the natives
A beautiful life : memoir of MrsEliza Nelson Fryer, 1847-1910 . f the whole harbor, with the prom-ontory on the east and the peninsula on the northwest. Thebuildings of the promontory are all bungalows and at thisdistance add greatly to the charm of the picture. This Mis-sion has been in existence since 1864 and at present thereare eight missionaries. They have thriving boardingschools both for boys and girls and several day schools in thecountry. The church members in this and outlying sta-tions number over one hundred, and what speaks well forthe work is that at several stations the natives themselveshave built churches without any foreign assistance. The United Presbyterian Mission of Scotland, of whichDr. and Mrs. Williamson are the senior members, is situatedat the extreme west of the bay in a village near the fortifiedhills. They also have boarding schools for both boys andgirls, as well as the center of a large church of which thereare branches in the several out-stations. Dr. and , although residing temporarily upon the prom-. HER HONEYMOON TRIP 33 ontory, visit the station regularly, going either on horse-back or through the harbor by boat. Both the mission houseand church at this place are very attractive, being builtof hewn blocks of white marble, which the Doctor informedme were obtained from a quarry, the only one known of itskind, not many miles distant and of which material therewas not enough remaining to complete another building. Having received an urgent invitation to visit the cityof Teng-chow-foo, about sixty miles distant from Chefoo,we had arranged to take our departure early on Tuesdaymorning, and at ten oclock our conveyances were in thecompound waiting for us. Shall I describe them? A shen-tsz, for such the vehicle is called, is very simple in its con-struction, having no use whatever either lor wheels orrunners. It is composed of a trough-like frame, a foot ormore in depth, by four or five feet in length and two inbreadth. At
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