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told him my errand, and he called the people 
together. There were upward of a hundred, who 
listened very attentively. When I left, the chief 
urged me to come again. 
Joseph Wolfe. 
November 25, 1877. 
EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER TO A SABBATH-SCHOOL.. 
I have not time to tell you all I know ; but the 
Purrow-devil — I must tell you all about that. 
They have a devil-bush at a town a few miles 
from here. They dress up men to represent 
devils, and send them out to catch men and boys. 
They will not have women. The children at 
Shengay all look anxiously forward to Christmas 
as a great gala-day ; and all like to dress up on 
that day. For several weeks the boys have been 
begging for work to do, that they may buy clothes 
to wear. Some want shirts, some jumpers, some 
hats. Four or five shillings will buy a suit such 
as they want. I gave a job to two* of our Sab-^ 
bath-school boys, that they might get jumpers to> 
wear Christmas. Just as they had finished the 
work one of the devils came and caught them 
and several other of our Sabbath-school children,, 
and carried them to this bush, where they must 
stay perhaps for several months. The king was 
at Bendoo. I went to see him and protested 
against such unlawful proceedings. Pie said he- 
