Church & religious
British missions
Also called the missions · River Station mission
The one British institution that routinely goes inland and stays. Their letters and registers are the most continuous British writing on the interiors of three continents, recording avoidances, observances and ground that is not entered, in the words of those who keep them.
Named with it
- Mission Superior Barnaba Okonjo
Ties
- their material is graded low but consulted by the Chart Office
At the table
They withhold registers that list avoided ground because such lists have been used to go and look; the superiors are protecting their informants. They quarrel publicly over whether custom should be understood before it is touched. A large freight customer, notably for prayer books.