THE degeneracy of the human race has reached a low degree in this region, according to accounts written by missionaries. Mrs. George H. Babcock, a missionary of the Seventh-day Baptists, tells of their condition, in the Sabbath Recorder. Here are some extracts:— 'Their custom of living is in a nude state, and they will remain for weeks on the top of high mountains, where the temperature may be 40° in the daytime and 29° at night, and yet wear nothing but the usual loin cloth in the daytime, and consider themselves well shielded by a thin covering of calico at night, provided they can light a fire and go to sleep with their feet toward the blaze. 'For their houses a wooden frame is formed in a circle made of strong poles. Around these split bamboos are bound crosswise and tied tightly, by wetted bark rope, on either side of the pole they clasp. The bamboo ribs are close together, and the structure appears like the beginning of a huge hamper. In between the split bamboo, mud is squeezed. This mud is made by the women carefully pudding it with their feet, and the mudding is nearly always done by women. Joined to the house there is a yard, inclosed by a reed fence about six feet high, and connected with the veranda. In this yard the women do most of their cooking. 'They are early risers. At 4 o'clock in the morning, women can be seen hurrying to a fountain, hoping to find water before the others come and get it all. This they carry in large earthen pots on their heads. The women gather fire-wood, pound the maize in a wooden mortar, grind it into flour, and also find the green herbs which are used in place of meats. These, with the stiff maize porridge, is the chief food. In the rainy season they have to work in the garden, in addition to their household duties. 'From early childhood they are taught impurity; but, notwithstanding this, we learn from all historic records that when taught the love of God and Christianity, this vileness leaves them, and they are as strongly moral and pure as they have been deep in impurity and vice. 'Polygamy is one of their greatest evils. The rich hold the power to purchase the greater number of wives. A certain number of cattle will purchase one wife. 'Women are often bargained for by their parents before they have entered their teens.' If her husband should drive her away by his cruelty, she could claim these cattle as her own. We are told that it is no uncommon thing to find gray-headed men, with half a score of wives already, choosing, bidding for, and securing, without the women's consent, the young girls of the tribe. These are often cruelly treated by the older wives, and their lives are one continuous quarrel and jealousy, followed by the most cruel treatment, that only the uncivilized could think to practise. The husband may have several villages where these wives live, as many as his riches may allow. 'Their most powerful belief is witchcraft. If a person is sick, the main question is, Who has bewitched him? If his plans have failed to mature, What evil spirit has been working against him? The witch doctor lives upon the fear of the people, and his power for evil over the people is unlimited. Wicked men and chiefs make use of him, and for punishment he can remove any person who is disliked or accused. They believe him to be the agent between them and their ancestral spirits, whom they believe in and worship, and who, they think, give him power. The knowledge of medicine is considered to be an heirloom. Each house has a family spirit to whom they sacrifice, but the itshanusi, or witch doctor, must first be consulted. 'They believe in hades. Women are often found wandering about the country, smeared with white clay and fantastically dressed, calling themselves 'chiefs of hades.' They are greatly feared, for the natives believe that they can change themselves to lions and other wild beasts, who can devour any one who may not treat them well.' Yet Christ died for even these, and we who know the way of life are debtors to take the word of truth to them.