Eating a Church.
Bishop Williams, of Marquette, U.S.A., gives the experiences of a brother cleric engaged in mission work among the Esquimaux north of Hudson Bay. It was nece33ary to build a church, and, as there was no wood, the missionary had to employ whales' ribd for rafters, and covered them with tanned walrus hide. The edifice was constructed to hold 80 persons. All went well until the advent of the intensely cold winter, when ho3ts of famished doga promptly attacked the church — and ate it.
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Manawatu Herald, 25 September 1897, Page 2
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86Eating a Church. Manawatu Herald, 25 September 1897, Page 2
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