| Description | The Meisners went to S. L. to await the birth of their child and Butscher employed him meanwhile on CMS affairs. Meyer promised well at first but when he became engaged to a pupil at Renner's school he fell under the influence of her father. He persuaded him to leave CMS and settle in S. L. He caught fever when he came to Bashia to fetch his trunk and died on 12 Sep, largely through neglect of remedies. The father-in-law is attempting to claim £100 as expenses for lodging Meyer, but Renner hopes that CMS will refuse to honour it. Meyer was quarrelsome with Meisner who remained friendly with him.
Laymen appear unprofitable.
Fernandez seems badly disposed to missionaries, who bring no trade, but he has made some friendly overtures. The visit of the 'Princess Charlotte' to harry the slavers also caused ill-will to the missionaries. Bake was terrified and ordered them to leave Bashia, but on the 'Princess Charlotte' leaving without capturing the slavers, he became friendly again. Fantimani and Hati proved friendly when appealed to, and would have offered another site but Fernandez moderated his tone. He is suspicious of Ormond, who seems at the bottom of the Foulah trouble, which still ferments among the Susus.
Renner lost one of his boys through fever, and Klein has suffered badly from it during the rains but is better since. |