List month we had the pleasure of entertaining Dr. Macklin and Mr. Cory of Nanking, who came through on their way to Pochou, where they are thinking of opening' a station of the Disciples Mission. About the same time Dr. Devius of the "New York Observer" made an unexpected but welcome appearance. He is on his way round the world in the interests of his journal and was resolved to see what he id of the conditions of mission work in the interior. Accordingly he cars from Nanking with only a servant who could speak no English while he does not understand one word of Chinese. No sine who has not made such a journey alone em very well understand the comfort, loneliness, and worry of an overland trip of e hundred and fifty miles without hearing ove familiar word. Dr. Devins wi ily obtain more comprehensive-and detailed knowledge of Chinese life than does the ordinary tr.' Ir, Fortunately for his comfort on the return trip Dr. Macklin and Mr. Cory arrived from Pochou in time to make the journey with him,
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