IN AND ABOUT PETCHABUREE.
Our mission-boat, with its drawers and cupboards
and shelves for storing away food,
clothes, etc., awaits us at Bangkok. Rowers
are hired for twenty-four cents per day, with
enough rice for food. We start out with the
rising tide in our favor. The boat moves steadily
on. Reading, conversation and sleeping fill
our time. At last we notice that the houses along
the banks are larger and better built, and, passing
around a bend of the river, we see our mission
compound, consisting of three large brick
houses and one smaller. Two of the houses are
occupied by the mission family; the third is the
Petchaburee Home for Siamese girls, in charge of
the missionary ladies. The chapel front is used
for worship each morning. The small house is
Dr. Sturge's hospital.
Leaving the boat, we climb the steps on the left bank, and enter the yard with its green grass and blooming flowers. We are gladly welcomed, for our arrival here is a great treat.
