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offered an additional ;^3,ooo, to provide a steamer for 
navigating the lake. 
After eighteen months' settlement at Ujiji, Mr. Hore 
wrote : " A residence of eighteen months here, although no 
preaching or teaching has been undertaken, has made its 
mark upon the Wajiji. The first strangeness has worn off, 
our uprightness is recognised, our medicine sought for and 
gratefully received, our Sunday respected, and our habits 
and customs no longer regarded with suspicion. We are, 
in fact, estabhshed as respected sojourners, if not citizens, 
in the land. A considerable outlay of money, some work 
and quiet persistence, have, with God's blessing, overcome 
very great difficulties here — such, indeed, as will probably be 
equalled in the establishment of no other station on the lake. 
Ujiji is a stronghold of the enemy ; but we have secured the 
little field therein. We meet them face to face; here we are a 
thorn in their side, and a restraint upon them." At Uguha, 
the missionaries reported having to contend with slavery, 
belief in magic and witchcraft, idolatry, spirit-houses, and 
constant outbreaks of war. Still they persevered, teaching, 
on one hand, the arts of civilized life, and, on the other, pro- 
claiming the Gospel of Peace. Sometimes their lives were 
in danger ; false reports, as to the intentions of the white 
men, would cause a band of armed savages to be sent to 
demand explanations, and to take their lives, if it appeared 
to them to be good to do so. On such occasions, every- 
thing depended on the members of the mission being calm, 
cool, pleasant, and unsuspicious. By this demeanour they 
disarmed the natives, and conquered the worst feelings. 
The district was thickly populated, and these mission centres 
were so situated as to influence large numbers. The people, 
like most other African tribes, follow agriculture, fishing, 
hunting, and petty warfare. The clothing worn, both by 
