Chapter I: Part II

THIRTY-THREE NATIVE STORIES
AS TOLD ROUND THE EVENING FIRES

BY THE
REV. JOHN H. WEEKS
(BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY)

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_

LONDON
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
4 BOUVERIE STREET; & 65 ST. PAUL’S CHURCHYARD, E.C.
1911

TO

MY COLLEAGUES, LIVING AND DEAD

WHOSE ARDUOUS LABOURS AND FAITHFUL LIVES HAVE
REDOUNDED TO THE GLORY OF CHRIST, AND
TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS KINGDOM IN CONGOLAND

AND TO

THOSE CO-WORKERS IN THE HOME-LAND

WHOSE GENEROSITY, PRAYERS AND KINDLY WORDS HAVE
SUPPORTED, STRENGTHENED AND ENCOURAGED
THEM ALL THESE YEARS, THIS BOOK
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED