was much injured.
Such occurrences however were rare, and did not make Mrs. Boardman
desire, all things considered, to change her residence She was in the
place of her choice, the country of her adoption, she had a faithful and
loving husband, and a lovely and almost idolized babe; their house,
though small and insecure, was beautifully situated with everything in
the natural landscape around to charm her cultivated eye and
taste,--these were her _earthly_ comforts. Besides, even the insecurity
of their habitation was daily diminishing; for houses were constantly
springing up around them, and more and more of the jungle was cleared
and cultivated. But what gave its chief zest to her life and that of her
spiritually minded husband, was the fact that they found here a field of
_usefulness_ in the only work that seemed to them worth living for. From
various motives the natives began to visit them constantly, and in
increasing numbers, to inquire concerning the new religion. Mr. B. held
a religious service on the Sabbath, and opened a school for boys: Mrs.
Boardman, one for girls, and both conversed as well as they were able
with their numerous visitors, and employed all their leisure in
mastering the language. On the 22d of July they commemorated together
the Saviour's dying love, in the sacrament of the Lord's supper,--a
solitary pair--yet not so, for the Master of the feast was there to
bless the "two" who thus "gathered together in his name."

The population at Maulmain was now increasing, and that at Amherst
diminishing so rapidly, that Mr. Judson and Mr. and Mrs. Wade thought
best to remove from the latter station to the former, and arrived at
Maulmain in October. Two houses of public worship were erected during
the year, where Messrs. Judson and Wade were daily employed in
proclaiming religious truth, and such was their success, that within a
few months they admitted to the church several native members. As many
native converts with their families had removed with the Missionaries
from Amherst to Maulmain, Mrs. Wade and Mrs. Boardman united their
schools into one, which was attended with the most gratifying success.
Moung Shwa-ba and Moung Ing, who have often been mentioned in the former
memoir, read the Scriptures and other religious books to all who would
hear, at a sort of _reading zayat_, built for the purpose.

In March, 1828, our friends were delivered from a danger not unknown in
our own country. One evening