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1 12 THOMAS J. COMBER. 
colleagues, who were ill with fever. After paying their 
respects to His Majesty, whom they found glad to see 
them, the missionaries proceeded to minister aid to 
the sick men whose presence in San Salvador was for 
the express purpose of hindering and destroying their 
work. And when afterwards they heard the Jesuits 
were wanting in food they sent them some of their 
best provisions. Here, surely, was an instance of 
heaping coals of fire upon an enemy’s head ! 
Upon inquiry, Mr. Comber and his companions 
soon discovered they had very little real reason to fear 
from the presence of the priests ; for they found they 
were far from popular, and that the people were very 
strongly in favour of the English niissionaries. 
As soon as the Mission was thoroughly re-establish- 
ed, and leaving Mr. Hartland in charge, Mr. Comber 
and Mr. Bentley returned to the river to devote their 
energies to the planting of the two new stations 
between Musuka and the Pool. It was determined to 
fix the first at Isangila, and the other at Manyanga. 
The labour involved was immense ; fortunately, the 
two brethren had now the advantage of Mr. Grenfell’s 
presence and assistance. In course of a short time, a 
temporary house 36 x 1,2 ft. was built at Isangila, and 
some 300 loads — cloth, provisions, etc., were carried up 
from Musuka. This new station was to be held by 
Mr. Bentley, whilst Mr. Comber and Mr. Grenfell were 
to move forward to Manyanga. In this plan, however, 
Mr. Cornber was disappointed, for just at this juncture 
he was overtaken by a serious attack of fever. It 
was decided that as soon as he was convalescent, his 
two colleagues should undertake the forward move- 
ment, whilst he himself should go down to the coast, 
and on to the Kroo country to secure more men. In 
referring to this disarrangement of plans, he expressed 
himself thus : “ I cannot tell you how disappointing 
this is to me, but — like many other Christian African 
travellers, Gordon, for instance — I am becoming a sort 
of Christian fatalist ; and about all such things I say : 
