Thinking black; 22 years without a break in the long grass of Central ...

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CHAPTER XVII
Our Eastern Exodus
JjyHEREIN the reader^ following
the manner and method of Moses
fitches his tent towards the sunrising,
scene now changes to the East of the Lufira, for
Babylon is fallen, Mushidi dead and done with.
And as the hart panteth after the water-brooks so
we abhor the old muddy wells of Bunkeya and break away
East to the far-flowing Lufira. The slaves long ago took
the bit in their teeth and ran off on their own ; now, all
alone we must make a fresh start on fresh soil, and round
our cluster of huts the future great population will gather.
Lofoi Valley is our first choice of a site, the Belgian fort
being two miles down stream from our Mission camp.^
At first blush, this proximity of Christ and Caesar does not
seem prudential enough, yet this of all things is the
country's greatest need. Foreigners though they are,
Government under any flag is the crying desideratum of
1 The subsequent history of this venture is interesting. Mr. Campbell
came down from Mweru with Mr. George and began at Mwena. Then Mr.
Clarke came from the West, and he and Mr. Higgins branched off to start
the splendid Koni station. Then Mr. Anton ; the final phase being Mr.
Last, beginning at Bunkeya, and Mr. Zentler near Kavamba Lake.
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