In a school for girls taught by a missionary lady, the visitors
saw pupils from five to fifteen years. The feet of these children
were generally swathed, and the girls showed, by their faces, great
pain. Mothers came in to listen while the teacher was talking to
the children. The girls, when reciting, stood with their backs to
the teacher, a mark of respect. They sang several of our familiar
Sabbath-school hymns.