ABSTRACT

The Mail lost—The Primitive Methodist Missionaries—Absence of Skilled or Unskilled Labour—Procuring Thatch—Construction of the Causeway—The Bridge—Termites again—An Important Question of Fashion in Beads—The Rainy Season—The Water-supply—The Abyssinian Well—A Terrible Disappointment—The Matabele Invasion—Faint-hearted Patriots.