their dearest friend, they can never manifest their | nice present to carry to grief, or recieve any words of sympathy.

When, however, a death occurs in a village, as the news spreads, there is a terrible wail of hopeless sorrow heard for hours. The dolefulness of this cannot be described, and as I have listened to it, I have thought it must resemble the wail of the lost in the regions of eternal despair.

At Wedah, the king still offers the blood of one hun

ideas of trade are en india-rubber, and bring and cloth, a gun and so And so by degrees he is til he has sufficient to tinuing still in trade he erty in slave retainers, case of misfortune, or a

Then the report goes th

dred of his slaves upon a certain day of the year, as a | ambition of all to be b great fetich, in addition to the usual fetiches of the tribe. At Bonny, they have a large Ju-ju house built of the skulls of their enemies whom they have killed and devoured. These are supposed to constitute a wonderful fetich.

Children of the Congo.

Children commence trading very early. A five-yearold boy will somehow get three or four strings of beads, and with them will buy a small chicken. After a few mantha of nationt care it is worth eight or ten strings

he was wound in 200 fa were buried with him is a Congo Westminste

The girls help their work until they arrive places they are betroth band paying a deposit the price demanded by amount is often heavy

varies much according

Jantity of

buried, and t and that se is sort of

ning and be

e age. In s

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ments comp l relations ngo wealt:

of the girl's far a business

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ting his pr

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The right of inheritance is from uncle to nephew; thus
a man's slaves and real property go to the eldest son of
his eldest sister, or the next of kin on such lines. A wise
nephew will therefore leave his father's house and go to
live with his uncle, whom he hopes to succeed. His uncle
also knowing that his nephew is to inherit his goods, while
his own children belong to his wife's clan, cares more
for his nephew than his own children.

The evil of the system is recognized by many, but they cannot see how the necessary revolution is to be brought about.

At the age of five or
six the boys do not stay
longer with their mothers.
Some bigger boys have
built a house; the small
boys just breaking loose.
from parental restraints.
go to them, and beg to be
allowed to live with them.
They in turn promise to
find them firewood, and
to be their little retain-
ers pro tem. These boys'
houses are called mbonge.
I turned up late at night
(eight o'clock) in a native
town, having made a
forced march. I had
never visited there be-
fore, and not liking to
rouse the chief at such
an hour, I went to the
mbonge, and asked the boys whether I and my two
attendants might sleep there to save fuss and trouble,
as I must be off again at day-break. "O you are
Ingelezo, are you; come in; yes we are glad to see
you, so often
we have heard of you, and now we
see you.
We are very pleased." This was kindly
spoken; so, stepping through the low door-way, I
entered a roomy house. Some ten boys had just
finished their supper, and squatted round a smoky fire.
I was glad to stretch out on the papyrus mat they gave
me, keeping low down to avoid the smoke which other-
wise almost blinded me. I had with me half a fowl, a
small bell (td.) and three strings of beads. A boy
spitted my fowl over the fire, while my attendants dozed,
for they were worn out with the long march of the day.
I begged some plantain, and a lad went to the door and

get the name of "s terrible rumor of wi

The constant act intellectual faculties men, with wonderfu or invoices, they ask can speak their la pleasant with them.

live in the midst equaled in richness one of the market cloth for a year, wh vide salt, gunpowde

A boy grows up i his intellect expand around him. As h find means to buy a plished, he has pract He sleeps or smoke the grass is burnt a war, or a palaver Otherwise his wife he eats and sleeps. lect stagnates, he b

lady happened to be in mourning the same filthy compound is smeared over her face.

With the advent of white men this sad picture has begun to change. The Livingstone Inland Mission (American, Baptist) and the International Association have stations among them; their transport and that of the Baptist Missionary Society, (English) passes through the country. The people are coming forward as carriers, they sell their goats, fowls, etc., are getting cloth; and in this short time a change for the better is apparent.

Here lies all the difference between the degraded and

The Co

BY DAW

Where Congo's wealth of w
Where Afric's sons and da
There treads the Christain
And seeks, with life imperi
By forest, field, and village
Through plains awaiting ti
And there in future ages. a
To follow saints and sages

The future of these interesting people is full of the And, raised to heavenly p brightest hope.

Give them the gospel and with it the advantages of education and books to read, quicken within them tastes

A MISSIONARY writes from Hindu lad from Genesis that the day from the night, and

Congo. Of these six missions we will here give the
latest intelligence.

The Congo River is navigable for vessels of five thou-
sand tons to Vivi, one hundred and ten miles from its
mouth. Then come the Livingstone Falls, thirty-two in
number, and one hundred and eighty miles in length.
From Stanley Pool, at the head of these falls, the Congo
is navigable for vessels of light draught to Stanley Falls,
a distance of about eleven hundred miles. The Living-
stone Falls have been a great obstacle to the mission
work, but this will probably be obviated ere long by a
railroad around them.

AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION.

10 Cameroon M

Biafra

FaboonR

The American Baptist Mission is the successor of the
Livingstone Inland Mission, the first two missionaries of
which left England for the Congo in January, 1878, and
reached Banana, a small settlement at the mouth of the
river, at the end of February. By 1881,
twenty-two missionaries had been sent
out. Up to September, 1884, fifty mis-
sionary agents had been sent to the Congo,
of whom ten had died, and others left the
service. The staff then consisted of twenty-
six missionaries, of whom three were in
England. The expense of the mission to
that time had been about $150,000. The
formal transfer of the mission to the Ameri-
can Baptist Missionary Union, January 1,
1885. From the headquarters of the
Union at Boston, on May 7, 1886, we re-
ceive the following statement respecting
the stations and missionaries:

There are about twenty converts. Two
of the missionaries are absent on furlough:
A. Sims, M. D., and Miss Emily Harris.
On the steamer "Henry Reed" are Mr. A.
Billington and Mr. C. B. Glenesk.

There are five stations.

It

1. Palaballa is 110 miles from the mouth
of the river and twelve miles from the
south bank, on an elevated plain.
contains the first Christian church and
the first Christian grave on the Congo.
Here are Mr. Joseph Clark and wife, Mr.
Stephen J. White and wife, and Miss Jessie
A. Skakle.

2. Banza Mantika is 40 miles beyond
Palaballa.
Here are Mr. Henry Richards

out to dinner. The and wife, and Mr. Charles H. Harvey.

har to eat.

2

Iubunau is ho miles from Ranza

Loango

Congo o
Lualaba Re

10

St Paul de Loanda

4.

of the Congo at the h miles long by 16 broa

5. Equator Station Mr. James B. Eddie

At each of these st acres of land, the cu tains, maize, sweet po The steamer "Her Congo. It is 71 fe deep.

The seed sowing ha couragements, but th

ENGLIS

The English Baptis Congo in 1877. At t 1885, there were rep Congo: Underhill, I

Yellala Falls

20

Dar Banda

Congo

GIANCOLA

Bembe

Kambala
BENGUELA
Caconda

Sankora

Stanley Pool

Kelemba

L. Chi Nya

or Linol

DAMARA LD KALAHARI

DESERT

CREAT
NAMAQUA
LAND

St Helena Bay

Table Buy
CAPE TOWN

Cape of Good Hop

CENTRAL AND SO

M

At

or Wathen, Rev. H. K. Moolenaar and Rev. W. Hughes;

at Arthington or Stanley Pool, Rev. H. G. Whitley and Rev. G. Cameron; at Lukolela, Rev. F. C. Darling. Six missionaries were to leave August 19, 1885, for the Congo.

No converts were reported, but there were schools at five stations, with a total of 96 male pupils.

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

The London Missionary Society has its Central Afri

ga

AME

The American Board was formed in 1880, a Benguela, on the coast, miles in the interior. doned but will probab At Bailunda are Rev.

TOWN OF CATUMBELLA, WEST AFRICA, TWELVE MILES FROM

can Mission stationed at and near Lake Tanganyika, one of the lakes near the head of and connected with the Congo. The Annual report of the Society made in 1885, says: "The report of the Central African Mission is still, unhappily, to a large extent a record of delays, disappointments, and losses. There has been much toil, much anxiety, much suffering, and apparently little result. Yet, the lack of result is only apparent, not real. The laborers have been honestly and with all their hearts preparing the way of the Lord."

Since the mission was commenced in 1877, there have been 23 persons who have gone out from England to take part in the work, and of these 10 have been removed by death and 9 have retired from the service, so that the consists of but 4, Rev. T. F. Shaw, Captain

W. M. Stover and wi
Walter and wife. Rev
Walter T. Currie and
reinforce the mission.

"One ever present in the interior of Afr ents to kings and chie ing to make as much

men who enter their would be glad to pay presents, but they ha mission to do this.

Thus are they place being obliged to pay fo try, but of making fre

iderable tax upon