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MISSIONARY LIFE 
but she had not given them anything to shake 
their hand. I got the present at the eleventh 
hour/’ and gave it to him. 
The ^‘Furrow” is in full operation at present 
On Tuesday the boys were brought out of the 
bush ” where they had been kept for nine months. 
There were one hundred and fifteen in all who 
were initiated. These boys are not allowed to see 
their friends during the time they are in the 
‘‘bush and it is a fearful thing for any one who 
is not a Purrow-man to enter it at all. 
Two of our boj^s want me to say “good-how- 
do ” for them, to the boys and girls away over the 
sea. One asked me why no white children ever 
come here from America. 
A. Lizzie Bowman 
June 1, 1877. 
