churches organized, 233; second furlough (1881-1882)—reinforcements and losses, 236-243; a surveying expedition (1884), 244-254; equipment for touring, 249-251; semi-monthly mail to Maulmein, 255-256; death of Princess Tipa Kēsawn, 257; Presbytery of North Laos and the training of native evangelists, 257-262; station established at Lakawn, 263-265; struggle with demonism renewed—Bān Pên, 266-270; work among the villages, 270-274; Third Tour (1886, with Mr. Martin)—Christian communities in the north, 276-283; reinforcements, 283-284; river trip with Mr. Dodd, 285-286; Fourth Tour (1887), 286-287; Fifth Tour (1888, with Dr. Peoples and Mr. Dodd):—church organized in Chieng Sên, 289-291; serious illness, 291; marriage of his daughter—the Prince and the charades, 293; foothold secured in Lampūn, 294-296; trip to Bangkok, 297; week at Bān Pên, 297-298; a marvellous recovery, 298; the “prisoner of Jesus Christ,” 300-304; tax-rebellion, 305-306; Dr. McKean, and a continuous medical mission at last, 306-307; Sixth Tour (1890, with Miss McGilvary):—Lakawn, Prê, Nān, 308-310; the lost elephant, 311; Chieng Kawng and the “Teacher’s Road,” 313-314; Chieng Sên and Chieng Rāi, 314-315; elephant runaways, 317-318; Buddhist sacred days to be observed by Christians, 318-319; Seventh Tour (1891, with Mr. Phraner), 320-336:—first meeting with the Mūsôs, 322-327; Mûang Len, 327-329; Chieng Sên, 329-330; a thrilling experience, 330-331; Chieng Kawng and Mûang Tông, 332-333; Mūsôs baptized, 333-336; Eighth Tour (1892, with Dr. McKean)—among the Mūsô villages, 338-348; tragic struggle with opium, 348; famine, 349-352; Ninth Tour (1893, with Mr. Irwin)—the Sipsawng Pannā, 353-368; Mûang Yawng, 354-355; an undiscovered peril, 358; Chieng Rung; ferry and ford of the Mê Kōng, 359-360; dysentery and heroic treatment, 362; Mûang Sing, 363-366; Mūsôs east of the Mê Kōng, 367-368; third furlough (1893-1894), 370-376; Mr. Arthington of Leeds, 373-376; Presbytery and a native ministry, 377-380; Tenth Tour (1896, with Dr. Denman)—Chieng Rāi chosen for a station, 382-384; evangelists sent forth, 384; Mūsôs, 385; Eleventh Tour (1897, with Dr. Peoples)—the “regions beyond”: Lūang Prabāng, 388ff.; courtesy of French officials, 388-390, 395, 398, 400; Mûang Sai, 390-394; Mûang Āi, 394-395; wedding feast, 395; surprise party, 396-397; Mûang Sing, 398, 399; Twelfth Tour (1898)—the closed door, 402-412; summoned to the U. S. by illness of Mrs. McGilvary (1905), 426-427; Golden Wedding, 427-429; appreciation by Dr. Arthur J. Brown, D.D., 1-7. Observations and criticisms: Continuity in mission policy, 416-417; Converts with more than one wife, 231-232; Exclusion of the Lāo mission from the Lāo-speaking peoples of the