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Uganda Once More
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And, nowadays, there is a good deal to see in Mombasa and Frere Town, as compared with a few years ago. Things are going ahead. There are good hotels, small public gardens, and a cathedral in memory of Bishops Hannington and Parker. The harbour presents a busy scene, and the railway harbour at the south side of Mombasa always provides something interesting. The Arab, Persian, and Indian stores well repay a visit, more especially if you have an unlimited supply of rupees to spare.

Missionarv work at Mombasa is hard and difficult, with the cosmopolitan population, chiefly professing Mohammedans and the descendants of the freed slaves landed there until recent years; but progress is being made, and developments in industrial and educational work now in progress will greatly help the other departments of the Mission. What the difficulties are, none