THROUGH LANDS THAT WERE DARK [Illustration: KHAMA, THE CHRISTIAN CHIEF OF THE BAMANGWATO TRIBE.] THROUGH LANDS THAT WERE DARK Being a Record of a Year’s Missionary Journey in Africa and Madagascar BY F. H. HAWKINS, LL.B., Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society for Africa, China and Madagascar. “_To the Darkness and the Sorrow of the Night Came the Wonder and the Glory of the Light_” LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY 16, New Bridge Street, London, E.C. 1914 Dedication This little Book is dedicated (without permission) to the Friend whose generosity made it possible for the journey herein recorded to be taken free of any expense to the London Missionary Society. Table of Contents PAGE FOREWORD 9 A. SOUTH AFRICA: I. Darkness and Light 13 II. The Light Spreading Northward 27 III. Tiger Kloof--“A Lamp Shining in a Dark Place” 62 B. CENTRAL AFRICA: IV. The Heart of the Dark Continent 66 V. The Brightness of His Rising 79 C. MADAGASCAR: VI. Tananarive--“A City set on a Hill” 106 VII. Imerina Country Districts--“Fields White Unto Harvest” 126 VIII. Betsileo--“The Sombre Fringes of the Night” 139 IX. Glad and Golden Days 149 List of Illustrations PAGE Chief Khama _Frontispiece_ 1. Map of South Africa 15 2. Kuruman Mission House _facing_ 34 3. The New Kuruman Waggon ” 34 4. Tiger Kloof ” 64 5. Map of Central Africa 67 6. Missionaries’ Children _facing_ 70 7. Native with Fish Trap ” 82 8. Kafukula Mission House ” 95 9. Map of Madagascar 109 10. Malagasy Girls at Girls’ Home _facing_ 121 11. Dr. and Mrs. Sibree ” 152