He was worn to a skeleton, and suffered terribly.

The three who remained buried him by the side of the lake, and put a heap of stones over his grave.

On a slab of limestone they carved-- 'JOHN SMITH, M.B.EDN., C.M.S.
DIED MAY 11, 1877, AGED 25 YEARS.' Now, only the clergyman, the architect, and the naval officer were left to carry on the work.

But that very same year, in December, a quarrel broke out between two tribes living at the south of the lake.

A man named Songoro, who had been friendly to the missionaries, fled to them for protection.