AMONG THE PAGANS OF THE SOUTHERN SUDAN 13 special occasions. Marked progress had also been made in the school, — A promising feature of the Yambio settlement is an out-station, or extension, now run almost entirely by one of the natives, Hanna, who was one of those confirmed. The people of this village have built themselves a school and huts, and have laid out the grounds in imitation of Yambio, and already there are about fifteen catechumens.

YEI was the next mission station to be opened (1917). The people belong to several different tribes, but the bulk of the population is composed of the Kukwa, a sub-tribe of the Baris. They are eager and quick to learn, and the school of forty-five boys, principally chiefs’ sons, is doing splendid work. The school is entirely self-supporting, as the boys have clothes and a certain amount of food. provided from their homes, and the rest of the food is grown by themselves. Each of the chiefs of the district has a ‘“town house’’ at Yei, and occasionally stays there, so that they and their followers have oportunities of attending the services, and this should be a valuable means of making the Gospel known in every chief’s village.

THE FIRST. SCHOI ARS AT YAMBIO