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fX. CHRISTMAS, 1915 
prejudice against monkey flesh is not so easily got rid 
of. " Doctor,” said a white man to me a few days ago, 
” eating monkeys is the first step in cannibalism ” ! 
At the end of the summer (1916) we were able to join 
our missionary neighbours,' Mr. and Mrs. Morel, of 
Samkita, in a visit of some weeks to Cape Lopez, 
where a trading company, several of whose employees 
had benefited by our treatment and hospitality during 
illness, placed three rooms in one of their stores at our 
disposal. The sea air worked wonders for our health. 
