Zululand Mission, South Africa
By F. B. ARMITAGE
WE are getting along slowly, but steadily here at this new mission, doing what we can with the means at hand to make a home. We have put out one hundred twenty fruit-trees, and nearly all are growing nicely. Every man on the farm turned out to put up the fence so that we could bring home our oxen. It is needless to say that the fence went up quickly, for they had a mind to work. The oxen were soon coming over the hill to Spion Kop farm. Now the oxen are running the new disk plow, but are getting on slowly as the ground is very dry. We like the place very much and hope soon to see a good work begun for the people here. There are some who seem interested to know just what is right. We expect soon to fence the yard for the mission house, and to plant trees around the yard. We are now working on the dam. We need some cows to stock the farm, and we hope that the way will open to get them in the near future. The price of cows is going up, but is not yet too high for us. The school on Brother Stockil’s farm is started, with Malanga as teacher.