CHAP. III.] 
SAAT’S CHARACTER. 
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ing at table, and washing plates, &c. ; while I taught 
him to shoot, and gave him a light double-barrelled 
gun. This was his greatest pride. 
In the evening, when the day’s work was done, 
Saat was allowed to sit near his mistress ; and he was 
at times amused and instructed by stories of Europe 
and Europeans, and anecdotes from the Bible adapted 
to his understanding, combined with the first prin¬ 
ciples of Christianity. He was very ignorant, not¬ 
withstanding his advantages in the Mission, but he 
possessed the first grand rudiments of all religion— 
honesty of purpose. Although a child of only twelve 
years old, he was so perfectly trustworthy that, at the 
period of our arrival at Gondokoro, he was more to 
be depended upon than my vakeel, and nothing could 
occur among my mutinous escort without the boy’s 
knowledge : thus he reported the intended mutiny of 
the people when there was no other means of dis¬ 
covering it, and without Saat I should have had no 
information of their plots. 
Not only was the boy trustworthy, but he had an 
extraordinary amount of moral in addition to physical 
courage. If any complaint were made, and Saat was 
called as a witness—far from the shyness too often 
evinced when the accuser is brought face to face with 
the accused—such was Saat’s proudest moment; and, 
