that of a hinderer. One of the most pleasing features of the work in Uganda now is the great desire the people are showing for furthur education. For a long time the Christian natives have felt that there was something for them beyond what they had already learned, and, over and over again, leading men such as Henry Wright Duta and Bartolomayo Musoke had begged Bishop Tucker and Archdeacon Walker, the secretary of the Mission, and others on the staff to commence schools other than those for Scripture alone. The limited staff at the disposal of the Bishop did not allow of this until after the year 1897. Early in the year 1898 schools were started in Mengo and one or two other centres on a very small scale, and these have been since developed. The natives come for instruction, not because they are compelled to do so, but because they enjoy coming, and no severer punishment can
