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I got a pleasant message from Kalolo, the village which I visited 
last year, and where many were so afraid of me as to sleep in the 
fields all night. They wanted to know when I would return. 
The description they gave was, " Ah ! that was the good white 
man that visited us, that gave us feastings of meat." It is a rough, 
hilly county that lies between, but I must be off to them again, 
"if by any means I may win somey 
From Kagoma's, on the Lukuruwe, I get constant messages, 
and occasionally presents of food. His invitations have been very 
urgent. When the dry season sets in I may shut up house and go 
there for a month or so. These village people are warmer, more 
"get-at-able," less given to poHtics, and less disturbed by the 
many diversions that take up the attention of the people of this 
African city — such as cases in court, executions, the daily arrival 
of visitors and bringers of tribute, etc. 
BAPTISM OF DICK. 
February 13^/^, Lord's-day. — This morning Dick was baptized. 
Only two others besides myself were present, though Dick had 
asked others to come. Before going down to the v^^ater we had a 
solemn time in my house with Dick, Susi (the Bihe lad who is 
with me), and another man who is deeply interested, though I 
cannot as yet say under any especial conviction. Susi sticks to 
the confession of Christ that he made some time ago, and will not 
be moved from it. May the Lord, with whom alone is the 
Urim and Thummim " (Neh. vii. 64, 65), make known to 
us of a truth whether Susi is His child or not, is my heart's 
prayer. Dick is confident that Susi's confession is real. 
Well, we had a solemn time by the pool out on the flat to 
which we went. To get down to the water we had to break our 
way through long rank grass, and close by I noticed the fresh 
footprints of a leopard that had drunk water there in the morning. 
After a short prayer in Umbundu, Dick was baptized in the name 
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. It was a 
solemnly glad time, and all seemed to feel it. We then returned 
to my house and spent a long time in earnest conversation. 
When parting, six years ago, with dear Mr. Dyer, he remarked, 
in his usual solemn way, that "it would be a day never to be 
forgotten by me when the first one was baptized under the dark 
