e girl of sixteen, the Chinese deacon's
daughter, and one of my scholars. She did not choose her old
husband of fifty years, but her parents arranged it, and Akiat
paid one hundred dollars for his wife. I went to see her the day
before the wedding, and she showed me all her clothes and
ornaments; but I thought she did not look as if she cared for
them. So I whispered, "Are you happy, child?" "No, not at all,"
burst out Quey Ginn. "I don't want to be married and leave my
parents." Whereupon I could not help taking her in my arms and
comforting her, telling her to be a good wife, and she would
soon learn to be content. She has been to visit me since her
marriage, and I am amused to see that she is quite a little
woman, instead of the shy girl she used to be; and, whereas as a
girl she was never allowed to be seen in the streets, or even to
go to church, she now does exactly as she likes, and, I am happy
to say, comes regularly to church. These people were all sincere
Christians. Akiat was the Chinese churchwarden, and, as papa
esteemed them very highly, he allowed the breakfast to take
place at our house.

I had a cake made for the occasion, which Quey Ginn cut up with
much pleasure. The ring in it fell to Mr. Zehnder's share, which
amused him also. Good-bye.

It was this year, 1865, that Mr. Waterhouse, the chaplain of Singapore,
came to visit us. The doctors often sent us a patient or friend to be
under the Bishop's care, and for rest and change; the latter was the
cause of Mr. Waterhouse's visit, and six weeks of jungle life did him
good, while his society and sympathy were a great pleasure to us, the
Bishop especially. The Bishop took him to visit the different mission
stations, and he often spoke to me with satisfaction of the "real
mission work" he witnessed at Banting, Lundu, and the Quop. At each of
these stations he found a consecrated church and a community of
Christian people; whilst the missionaries set over them, not only
instructed and ministered to the tribe among whom they lived, but
journeyed to outlying places, founding branch missions and setting
catechists to work under them. I find in one of my letters, when Mr.
Waterhouse returned from Banting, he said, "I cannot but admire the
patience with which Mr. Chambers talks all day, morning, noon, and
night, to every party of Dyaks, who march into the house whenever they
l