Unfortunately, I had no time to explore this valley, as I was anxious to devote every fine day to increasing my hitherto scanty collections.
Just opposite my abode in Rurukan was the schoolhouse.

The schoolmaster was a native, educated by the Missionary at Tomohon.

School was held every morning for about three hours, and twice a week in the evening there was catechising and preaching.

There was also a service on Sunday morning.

The children were all taught in Malay, and I often heard them repeating the multiplication-table, up to twenty times twenty, very glibly.