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were among friends — warm friends too — and their 
expressions of indignation and kindly sympathy 
almost brought tears into our eyes. Everything we 
wanted they got for us, and we laid down to sleep 
with a feeling of comparative safety, knowing that if 
we were followed our friends would have protected us 
at the risk of their own lives. We were able at Sanda 
to ‘ look over ’ ourselves, to ascertain what harm we 
had sustained. Cam had come off the best, with 
scarcely a bruise. Mr. Comber's wound appeared to 
oe only a slight one, the bullet having struck against 
the spine, and not penetrated beyond, although it had 
made a nasty wound in the muscles of the back. 
I had several bruises from sticks and stones, one 
particularly on my right temple, caused by a huge 
piece of stone and a thick stick thrown at me, which 
at the time almost stunned me. There was a great 
gash in the shoulder of my shirt, which the natives 
assure me was cut by a knife ; how I escaped being 
stabbed is truly miraculous. Our whole escape from 
these fierce people, whose determination was evi- 
dently our destruction, was most wonderful. Nothing 
but the unfailing care and loving guarding of our 
Heavenly Father could have saved us from their 
hands. Need I say how sincerely our hearts and 
voices rose in deepest gratitude and thankfulness to 
Him who had been with us and delivered us when no 
other arm could have saved us ? Our God ^nd Master 
has truly been our ‘ shield and defender,' and has not 
failed or forsaken His servants in their time of need. 
‘^The rest of my story is soon told. We got fresh 
carriers for the hammock, and a crowd of men to 
accompany us, and in two days more, weary and 
worn out, we arrived at Congo, having come about 
eighty miles in three days. All along the road the 
people were most indignant at the conduct of the 
Banza Makuta people, and most warm in their sym- 
pathies with us. 
‘‘ On the evening of our arrival at Congo, Mr. 
