A.M. MacKay, pioneer missionary of the Church Missionary Society to Uganda / by his sister ; with etched portrait by H. Manesse.

Alexina Mackay Harrison

Date:: 1890

Credit: A.M. MacKay, pioneer missionary of the Church Missionary Society to Uganda / by his sister ; with etched portrait by H. Manesse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$thousand pages of reading sheets, Commandments, etc., with short portions of Scripture, in Luganda. I] had only a toy press to work with, and a poor enough job at best is all that it can turn out. I shall enclose a few sheets, which must meet no printer’s eye, but which hereabout are legible enough and intelligible enough, having been revised again and again by our most advanced pupils. “T left Mr. O'Flaherty and Mr. Ashe both well, and living in the new house I built: the latter upstairs.” “URIMA PORT, HEAD OF SMITH SOUND, “roth Sept. 1883. “Tam very glad to say that not only have I got both Gordon and Wise removed from that horrid place Kagei, but also I have been able to get a port at the head of this long creek, where we may build our boat. The whole of the parts of the boat I have also brought up to this place, and now, as soon as we get the mail off, we mean (D.V.) to set to without delay to build it. The task will be no easy one, as the planks were sent out from England unpacked, and are, in consequence, terribly warped, cracked, and twisted with the sun. But we shall do our best, and I hope in a couple of months’ time to see the vessel nearly ready for launching. \I am glad to have the assistance of Wise, who, although by trade a tin- smith, yet can put his hand to almost anything, and is a pleasant fellow. “T have been ill, but I feel in excellent trim again A. M.M, ! 16$