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 THE BISHOP OF UGANDA 167

The railway from Mombasa to the south-east shore of the Victoria Nyanza is nearly completed, and will be an immense boon to us. When I first went to Uganda it took me five months to get there from the coast. When I came down this last time, I did the journey in ten days, travelling, of course, by the railway mainly, and having to walk only for five days.&quot;

&quot; By way of translation much has been done to place in the hands of the native people the same books as we have ourselves for Christian study ? &quot;

&quot; Very remarkable work has been done in that way. The whole Bible, for instance, has been translated into the language of Uganda, which is called Loganda. That was mainly the achieve ment of George Pilkington, who was shot by the Soudanese mountaineers three years ago. The Prayer-Book has also been translated, likewise the Pilgrims Progress, the Life of Mohammed, and Oxford Helps to the Study of the Bible. We have paid, and are paying, considerable attention to technical and industrial training in Uganda. There are now four printing presses at work, turn ing out works in no fewer than four different lan guages. Blacksmithing, carpentering, brick-making and rope-making are among the trades which are being taught the natives.

Questioned as to the prospect of British lay missionaries being ordained out in his Diocese, the

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