A Workshop in the Wilds by A. A. Carscallen

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 3, 1910

A Workshop in the Wilds

By A. A. Carscallen

We have an excellent carpenter and blacksmith shop, and during the year we have purchased a fine set of carpenter tools, and are doing good work with them now. We were supplied with a turning-lathe several months ago, and as we had no power to turn it, I made use of an old bicycle that was left here by a government employee, who had run into a ditch, and broken the frame of his machine. I removed the tire from the back wheel, and wound the rim full of cord to level it so it would hold a belt. I then made a frame after the order of a grindstone frame, and fastened the wheel in, fastening the pedals and sprocket-wheel at the bottom of the frame, and putting the chain in place. We then lined the wheel up with the pulley of the lathe, and put on the belt. We can now run the turning-lathe at great speed by simply turning the pedals.

We have made good progress with the language, and are getting a few books written, which will always be a help to those who come to work in this field. We have a Kavirondo-English dictionary written, and an English-Kavirondo quite well along. A primer for use in the school is almost completed, and a grammar of the language is being written.

A. A. CARSCALLEN.

Kavirondo Mission, British East Africa.