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fatigue, and evidently thought nothing of pulling thirty 
or forty miles a day, with only a brief space for break- 
fasting. 
We stayed at Muritaro till Monday morning, holding 
services on Sunday for the large and mixed congrega- 
tions of river settlers, wood cutters, and Indians who 
assembled together at the various hours appointed. The 
Church is an exceedingly primitive one, built like the 
Mission house, Indian fashion, and open all round, with 
a large deep troolie covered roof. 
The route from Muritaro to Malali on the Monday, 
was more interesting than the previous one had been, 
in consequence of its partaking of a slightly different 
character. The river itself is no longer affected by the 
tide, or only slightly so, and the scenery becomes more 
diversified ; hilly ranges are seen more frequently, and 
rocks begin to be more numerous in the river. At 
Seba, the view is quite picturesque ; while from the top 
of the hill itself, you look down on two bends of the 
river, and over long stretches of forest scenery, which 
are equally pleasant and attractive to the eye. We 
reached Malali, after travelling about eight hours in the 
boat, just as the school children were being dismissed. 
The soft voices of the Indian girls singing " Now the 
day is over, night is drawing nigh" sounded sweetly 
on the water ; and the whole settlement stationed on 
a sandy beach at the foot of the rapids, with its 
well built church, and Indian huts scattered about, 
had a most inviting appearance, and one which 
the place itself did not belie, for it sheltered us 
most completely from a thunderstorm, which directly we 
had landed burst over the place, and for an hour we had 
