I do not say that he is not right, but he sees the immensity of the need for change, but does not see fully the immensity of the difficulty in bringing it about." "There is no fear of his inoculating me; that is to say of setting me to work, for what could one woman do ?" "Nothing, my dear," her uncle said; "if all the white women in India threw themselves into the work, they could do little.

The natives are too jealous of what they consider intruders; the Parsees are about the only progressive people.

While ladies are welcome enough when they pay a visit of ceremony to the Zenana of a native, if they were to try to teach their wives to be discontented with their lots--for that is what it would be--they would be no longer welcome.

Schools are being established, but at present these are but a drop in the ocean.

Still, the work does go on, and in time something will be done.