‘I see you have an impression that we Missionary ladies dress oddly, behave strangely, and undergo all kinds of hardships. You think that I slept on the ground when I went to O----. Not a bit of it! Margaret and I took beds with us, and a table and seats and cooking utensils, and a stock of provisions--and _Common sense_!!! We were never the worse for our adventure. The Missionaries scold each other more for imprudence about health than any other thing, and I am the scold of the party, so that as I preach I must practise.