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have had two or three good mornings' work in seeing the girls' schools connected with our own mission. I am sorry we have had time for hardly any others. One day our friend Mr. Rajahgopal called for us and took us over those in which he has special interest, and another day Mr. and Mrs. Bauboo conducted us in like manner over a number which they have ably superintended for many years. These were all day-schools, admirably conducted, and both attractive and interesting.

Female education has made very considerable progress in Madras. It has had a checkered history, like similar efforts in the other Presidencies. There was a fight, of course, at the commencement—a hard struggle with seemingly insuperable difficulties, ups and downs, hopes and fears; but with determination, energy, perseverance, and unfailing faith the cause has been fought by every missionary who successively settled in the country. The early Danish missionaries tried to establish schools for girls, and every society which