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as the truths of the Gospel would be taught to the people of the region. It 

 is believed also that such a place would speedily grow into a native town, 

 and would become a centre towards which the native population would steadily 

 gravitate. Wherever there is protection and security the African tribes take 

 advantage of it. 



As to the method of carrying out the work. — At first there will be little 

 demand, doubtless, for either educational or industrial teaching. After a time 

 this will arise. The first work to be done by those who go there is to gain a 

 footing in the country, to obtain the confidence of the natives, to become ac- 

 quainted with the surrounding district, to establish communication on the 

 river, and to acquire a knowledge of the native language. This would be 

 work enough for a year or two. But while it is going on, if there can be 

 secured one or two native interpreters from Cape Town or elsewhere, the 

 teaching of the truths of the Gospel can be commenced at once from day to 

 day as well as on Sundays. 



After a little also a small school will be opened, and the work of education 

 would be begun. Slowly the influence of this teaching, of various kinds, will 

 begin to spread, and though no converts might be seen for some consider- 

 able time, yet afterwards, if God blesses the undertaking and no serious 

 disaster occurs to the mission, these would make their appearance. The work 

 would then have taken root. But it should always be remembered that pro- 

 gress at first in such directions must be extremely slow. 



With reference to route. — The party will proceed to the Luabo mouth 

 of the Zambesi, either by the Red Sea or via the Cape by steamer. They 

 would carry with them two boats, one the size of a ship's cutter. It would 

 be formed of iron, made in sections to take to pieces by screws, and similar 

 in construction to that used by Mr. Young in 1867. The boats and goods 

 having been landed at the Luabo mouth, they will proceed to put together 

 the iron boat and load their goods. They would then hire fifty or more 

 natives from a village about a mile south from the river mouth, and with 

 their assistance as paddlers or otherwise would proceed up the river. At the 

 lower end of the Murchison Cataracts they would leave one boat, and unscrew 

 the sections of the iron boat, and carry it and the goods by means of porters 

 over the cataracts, then put the boat together again and sail upwards to 

 Lake Nyassa, and commence their work by selecting a suitable spot, either 

 side by side with a native chief or headman who might be willing to receive 

 them, or in any other suitable place. They will then proceed as above described. 

 At first, and for some time to come, no other building will be wanted than 

 huts, square or round. The latter can be built by the natives, and the former 

 by them under the direction of Europeans. 



As to the number of Europeans.— -Four at least or, better, five will go — 

 two of them being artisan and one a doctor, who will act as a medical 



