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women of Muscat in their own homos. From the palace of the Sul­
tan to tlio hut ot our poorest neighbor, Mrs. Cantinc has been cor­
dially received, and we pray that with her welcome there will also
soon bo one for the Gospel she takes with her.
[11 concluding this little sketch of beginnings, our thoughts dwell
upon that parable of the Master, where He savs
.the Kingdom is <cas
if a !mein should cast seed into the ground.'' To-day it is seed-sowing.
To-morrow it may be, “one knoweth not how,” that **thc harvest
is come.”

MY rAST YEAR’S WORK.

ARTHUR K. BEN'NF.TT, M.D.
I
As doubtless many of you know already, Mrs. Bennett went on
to Arabia last year, while I went to Liverpool to pursue a course
tropical medicine, after which I was to go to Paris, get enough
French to pass the Turkish examination, perhaps go to Beirut, and
then rejoin her at Bahrein.
Arriving at Liverpool October 13. 1904, I went to work shortly
after in laboratory, hospital, and lecture-room, learning' as much as
possible of the diseases which are common to tropical regions. We
m worked steadily there until the week before Christmas, when those
who wished to try for the Diploma in Tropical Medicine were given
a three-clays, examination. After taking the examination, I went at
once to Paris, arriving there December 20th.
Here my time was occupied with French language study, hospital
attendance and university lectures.
Through the agency of the Y. M. C. A., I managed to get board
and room at reasonable rates in a private Protestant family. The
language proved to be easy to learn when living among the people
and after four months, I felt that I had acquired sufficient Frcncli
to be able to pass the examinations at Constantinople.
I left Paris for Marseilles, and went by boat from there to Crete,
Athens, Smyrna and Constantinople. I enjoyed this trip very much,
especially the four hours spent in visiting the ruins of Athens.
At Constantinople, I was very kindly received by the missionaries,
and immediately began to make arrangements to take my examina­
tion as soon as possible. I was glad to have in my possession the
license to practice in New York State and the Diploma in Tropical
Medicine, because I feel sure that they were of great assistance to
me in obtaining the license from the Turkish Government. As it
turned out. I spent nearly eight weeks in getting permission to take
the examination because there is no such word as “hurry” in the
Turkish vocabulary.
Although I had planned to stop at Beirut, study Arabic and attend
the hospital during the hot months, yet, owing to letters received from