In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
sion compound quite cheerful. They quarrelled 
little and entered into their sports with great 
zest. In the schoolroom, the Sierra Leone 
teacher used the rod quite freely, but the little 
victims seemed to think this was the right way 
to do and seemed to cherish no malice. They 
could suffer physical pain with more equanimity 
than mental. To make one dullard study, the 
teacher had tried the rod in vain. As a last re¬ 
sort I placed on his head a dunce cap. This 
caused much merriment in the schoolroom, but 
the poor little fellow, with the tears trickling 
down his cheeks, sat in speechless humiliation. 
At last his little sister ran to him and throwing 
her arms around his neck, spoke words of com¬ 
fort to him while she wiped the tears from his 
cheeks with the hanging end of her turban. 
From that day he was one of the most studious 
scholars among them. 
They were not disposed to be lazy and very 
cheerfully did whatever was required of them in 
the way of manual labor or special duties con¬ 
nected with the mission station. We had a call- 
bell, and all on duty knew their numbers and 
always promptly and cheerfully responded. 
The saintly Ofeekee of Ejahyay memory, be¬ 
ing now a widow, took up h?r abode in the mis- 
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