In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
to allow him to have them, so that he might be 
late and get another reprimand. She held in her 
hand a switch used in driving goats out of the 
house, and tauntingly invited him to whip her. 
To her amazement and rage, he accepted her in¬ 
vitation. Her cries brought the other women of 
the compound to her rescue, and they brought her 
to me to complain how badly she had been 
treated. The poor teacher came also to apolo¬ 
gize for giving away to his temper and acting in 
such an unmanly way. 
For the sake of Christian civilization, 1 affected 
to be quite indignant, but in my heart there was 
much sympathy for the poor husband who had 
been so dreadfully humiliated while trying to do 
his duty for her sake. This incident convinced 
me that there can be nothing like Christian homes 
in Yoruba until native ideas of home life have 
been thoroughly eradicated from the minds of 
the girls, and been replaced by those inculcated 
in Christian teaching. 
Having passed through a severe acclimation 
during the first two years, I did not have fever so 
often as 1 did in Ejahyay. Once only was 1 very 
ill, and was greatly pleased to hear that during 
the critical period of my sickness, the converts 
had spontaneously assembled in the chapel and 
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