Our mealtimes now conform to tropical custom: we have breakfast at 7 AM, chop (lunch) at 12 noon, then rest till 2pm when we have tea, ending with the evening chop at 7 PM. We retire much earlier than at home.
Most of the day was spent on necessary attention to the arranging of our baggage however in the evening we got in some tennis at the Hardcourts of the mission.
It is possible to discard...
Sunday August 13, 1922
Our first Sunday in Congo.
Kinshasa being a cosmopolitan city there are many services in the church in different languages for various classes of people Thus one of my earliest experiences this morning was hearing lusty singing from the chapel near our hostel.
The words were in a strange language...
Saturday August 12, 1922
We reached Thysville last night at around 6:00 pm - Just in time to get settled in before dark which falls soon after. The last part of the line before Thysville is again through mountainous country but very wooded and thus contrasts with the ruggedness of those along Matadi. We saw some wonderful expanses...
Friday August 11, 1922
We rose this morning at an unearthly hour before it was light in order to get ourselves and our hand luggage to the station by 6.30 am. As we retired last night at a correspondingly early hour, our rest was not shortened - but this way of living is new and strange to me!!
We reached the station in...
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