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The new world of Central Africa. With a history of the first Christian mission on the Congo (1890)

Guinness, Fanny Emma Fitz Gerald, 1831-1898 · London, Hodder and Stoughton · leaf 485

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PROGRESS IN 1883. 453 between five and six tons. It was nicely planned, with a deep verandah round it to keep it cool, and vestries, which serve for consulting room and dispensary, and for the medical mission. The natives carried up the loads free of charge, thus contributing about £200 in sheer… … CURIOUS NATIVE HEAD-DRESS OF OWN HAIR. work, that the women, who could not carry, worked and earned money, and paid men to go for loads. Three American ladies, Miss Faulkner, Miss Hamilton, and Miss Fleming, joined the mission in May. The two former reside at Lukunga, and have flourishing schools,…

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