and Clinton have all departed for Huoan, Dr. and Mrs. Logan, Messrs, Gemmell to take up residence and open up missionary work. We wish them a God-speed in that anti-foreign province and that they may be preserved' io safety and furthered in their work. The cry from certain quarters is 'Hunan to be opened for trade' but there is another cry Hunan to be opened for the el" and it will be found that as the ringers of the latter get free access and come known to the people, the desire of the former will thereafter be realised.
14th December.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.