Very far east / by C. Winifred Lechmere Clift ; with preface by Albert A. Head.
- Clift, C. Winifred Lechmere.
- Date:
- [pref. 1909]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Very far east / by C. Winifred Lechmere Clift ; with preface by Albert A. Head. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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- Found on image 18 / 254 (page 10)…he great human family who are very ready to respond to the sym- pathy and kindness that only a Medical Mission can offer. Three years ago the call to Kwang-Si came with irresistible force to a country doctor in practice in Cumberland. It was a re-ca.ll to China, for he had worked there previously in connexi...
- Found on image 21 / 254 (page 13)…d a dispensary attendant—whose earnest testimonies and consistent lives are constantly inter- preting the Gospel to the heathen around. * f Kuei Lin, Kwang-si S. China, March i8, 1906. T last I can address my first journal from Kuei Lin ! For four years we have been wanting to get here, and one thing after ...
- Found on image 56 / 254 (page 48)…er storms. Last Month—Patients 213. This Month—Patients 163. Last Month—Fees 33 dollars 6s.). This Month—Fees 53 dollars 95 cents (£5 8s.). Kuei Lin, Kwang-Si, June i, igo6. IT needs a good deal of determination to sit down and type a letter, when the thermometer is as high as it is to-night. We have one ver...
- Found on image 66 / 254 (page 58)…es such a thing ? The Childs say it is only seen in certain countries, and they have often looked for it here, but never seen it before. 5? Kuei Lin, Kwang-Si, June 22, 1906 1HAVE been looking through a diary which I keep (occasionally), but last week’s pages are painfully bare. It’s too hot for much to happ...
- Found on image 77 / 254 (page 69)…d been placed a letter written by the Emperor in praise of the dead man. The law about bringing the dead into a city caused great trouble once to two Kwang-Si missionaries. Their little daughter was taken ill while they were travelling on the river, and she died. As soon as the boatmen knew what had happene...
- Found on image 82 / 254 (page 74)…ake him understand a little bit of what it meant to us to leave home, and how I looked for my precious little bundle of letters every mail. Kuei Lin, Kwang-Si, China, Via Wuchow, July 26, 1906. I AM finding the very early morning the best time to do work these hot days, so now I get up as soon as possible an...
- Found on image 126 / 254 (page 118)…ning way. I believe Mr. Wu is really in love. Don’t forget that our address now is— Nanning, S. China, via Hong Kong and Wuchow. On the Cassia River, Kwang-Si, China, November 12, 1906. ONCE more we are on the Cassia River, but this time with our backs to Kuei Lin, and our faces toward Nanning. It did not ta...
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