CHAPTER II.

Conversion.—­Bias toward a Missionary Life.—­Acquaintance with Boardman, 193

CHAPTER III.

Account of George Dana Boardman, 198

CHAPTER IV.

Marriage of Miss Hall and Mr. Boardman.—­They sail for India—­Letter from Mr. B.—­Letters from Mrs. B.—­Another Letter from Mr. B., 204

CHAPTER V.

Stationed at Maulmain.—­Attack of Banditti.—­Missionary
Operations.—­Danger from Fire, 222

CHAPTER VI.

Removal to Tavoy.—­Idolatry of the People.—­Letter from Mrs. B.—­Baptism of a Karen Disciple.—­Some Account of the Karens, 230

CHAPTER VII.

Letter from Mrs. B.—­Mr. B’s.  Visit to the Karens in their
Villages.—­Defection of Disciples.—­Its Effect on Mr. and Mrs. B., 239

CHAPTER VIII.

Death of their First-born.—­Letters from Mrs. B., 248

CHAPTER IX.

Revolt of Tavoy.—­Letter from Mr. B., 252

CHAPTER X.

Missionary Labors of Mr. Boardman—­His ill Health.—­Letter from
Mrs. B.—­Death of a second Child.—­Letters from Mrs. B., 262

CHAPTER XI.

Letter from Mrs. Boardman.—­Illness and Death of George Dana
Boardman, 269

CHAPTER XII.

Letters from Mrs. B.—­Her Decision to remain in Burmah.—­Her
Missionary Labors.—­Her Trials.—­Schools, 284

CHAPTER XIII.

Correspondence between Mrs. Boardman and the Superintendent.—­Her
Tours among the Karens.—­Her Personal Appearance.—­Her
Acquaintance with the Burman Language.—­Dr. Judson’s
Translation of the Bible, 296

CHAPTER XIV.

Mrs. Boardman’s Second Marriage.—­Removal to Maulmain.—­Letter from Mrs. Judson.—­Her Son sent to America.—­Her Husband’s Illness, 304

CHAPTER XV.

Illness of her Children.—­Death of one of them.—­Her Missionary Labors, and Family Cares.—­Her Declining Health.—­Poem.—­Her last Illness and Death, 311