THE HAK-KA WOMEN.
Describing the last Presbyterian mission opened on 'he mainland in China, the Rev Dr. Riddle says : — The Hak-ka women are happy in never having adopted the cruel custom of fof>t-binding. With the freedom of their feet they seem to retain also a free and independent mind. At the same time they are free to work, and in some places the burden of life falls pretty heavily upon them. They everywhere assist in the tillage of the fieU's ; and in some disticts — they are engaged even in the work of porterage, carrying heavy hardens from the boats to the shops, or even from one town to another. Yet they do not look like slaves, and we find that as they earn the cash they can successfully claim from their husbands the power to keep it or spend it aB they please."
Two more French escapees have arrived at the Cape Bedford mission a'ation, and were brought to Cooktown. Evidently the reeidivi?tes still continue to dribble in.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6747, 1 May 1890, Page 4
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168THE HAK-KA WOMEN. Grey River Argus, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6747, 1 May 1890, Page 4
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