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questions of how^ to open a high-school, conduct 
Sunday-schools, and how to itinerate to the best 
advantage, etc., ^‘Why, is* this Africa or Ameri- 
ca?’^ and similar expressions, will indicate the 
feelings of those present. And really it was good 
to be there. 
ROTUFUNK AND SHENOAY. 
I arrived here the morning of the 20th, at four 
o’clock. Mrs. Mair has been waiting more than 
two weeks for pine boards to finish sheeting the 
roof of the new house. She bought country 
boards on the 21st to finish three sides of the 
piazza-floor, which the carpenters are working at 
now, and will complete to-day, I think ; and as 
soon as the sheeting comes the shingling can 
commence. Mrs. Mair has concluded to have 
one room finished and move into it, and then dis- 
pense with two of the carpenters. She is busy, 
as usual. Mr. Smith has found plenty of water 
at forty-two feet, and is walling up the well. The 
fence is finished, and a little garden is made. 
A good prayer-meeting was held in the parlor 
Thursday night. These meetings, with the daily 
morning prayers, give to this part of Rotufuuk a 
very civilized aspect. There is no end to the 
visitors coming and going every day. Where 
they come from and where they go to is more 
than I can tell. 
