and since his arrival in this land, he has had two
severe attacks of sickness, suffering much with his
lungs. For the last two months we have had him
staying with a kind family of europeans to be nursed
up, but, in it all, he improves but little; he cannot
ride horse back, nor walk but a short distance, so
it became neccessary to release him to return home.

Elder Robert Lindsay, who was sent to Australia
last nNovember has also got a constitution that has
been shaken badly by sickness and exposure in his
youth. Since his arrival in his field of labor he
has gradually failed in health, suffering much
from his lungs, until he got so weak that he could
not walk around; yet, he has a great desire to fill an
honorable mission. So he wrote to me, desiring to
have the privilige of going to his native land, Scotland,
to visit his relatives, and there fill a mission. I have
released him to go and report himself to President George
Teasdale at Liverpool, and have appointed A. L. Stewart
to go and labor with S. D. Chipman, who has been
appointed to succeed Elder Blyth.

Through the faithful and earnest labors of Elder's
Ezra F. Richards and Sondra Sanders Jr., assisted by
some native helep, the revision of the translation
of the Book of Mormon was completed in time to
present at our Conference; making it a little less
then one year from the time of commencing the