They have nothing to cook on. They value a meat can very highly. Everyone dresses in white, and the females go bare-headed. They crave for an English school, and also a minister to hear the Word of God. The church bell has not rung in four years.
Provisions are very dear and luxuries are cheap.
They do not eat beef at all and have no use for a butcher. The troops got here in time to save the natives of this place. This is the place for some merchant to make a fortune selling goods reasonable. This is the first place in my life that I have been and found no distinction in color. I slept very comfortable last night on the hard ground.