hour there was a decided improvement, and when I went to
see her next morning she was almost well.
In September I found it necessary to go again to Jelori,
this time travelling direct from Magarini by the native path
I have spoken of before, instead of going up as formerly by
Melindi. . .
My present visit had reference to a question concerning the
Church Missionary Society settlement there. Mr. Hooper had
called attention to the settlement of undesirable people in
MR. WEAVER’S HUT— MAGARINI.
close proximity to the station, and desired that a boundary
should be delimited, within which the Mission should not be
intruded upon by objectionable outsiders from the coast. I
was quite at one with Mr. Hooper in the matter, and as we
held the same views in regard to the improvement, moral
and industrial, of the native tribes, it was very •easily arranged.
As the reader is aware, it had been my idea to bring down
the Watoro from Makongeni and settle them at Jelori. This,
however, I was obliged to abandon for the present, owing to