SSUMAO TO TALI 



tendered, we found we were in the house of the wife of the Pro- 

 testant minister, himself away from home, and she poHtely sent 

 a servant to ofuide us to the mission. But our adventures were 

 not quite complete ; for in their admiration of the European fair 

 sex our men had forgotten the mules, which had quietly scat- 

 tered down the tortuous lanes of the vicinity, where we had to 

 organise a battue for their recovery. So that it was late ere we 

 were all at last safely gathered within the walls of the Father's 

 compound. 



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