| Description | Mrs. Davies died on 15 Dec and Mary Butscher is now in Mrs. Nicol's care. Butscher hopes from next week to base himself at Leic. and trusts that the new chaplain in on his way. The Kleins have settled on the mainland in the care of a headman whom Butscher distrusts. Sutherland has gone to Goree and would return home but that the Governor will not allow it. He gave a false account of his work in S. L. in the 'Report of the British and Foreign Schools Society 1815', by suggesting a far larger attendance at his school than was true. In fact, when he first came, he neglected the school, entered into trade and became auctioneer until MacCarthy put a stop to it. Butscher regrets CMS's failure to fill the vacuum in education.
Since 1813 Butscher has baptized circa 300 souls, married circa 180 and buried circa 200, as well as arbitrating numerous domestic disputes. |