LAMB ARENE’

[s. 406] : A settlement on the Ogowe River, French Congo, Africa; situated about 150 miles from its mouth. The PN opened a mi ion station in 1867, but transferred it to the Paris Evangelical Society in 1895. It now (1903) has 4 mi ionaries, 3 with their wives; 1 woman mi ionary, 5 outstations, 1 chapel, 1 Sunday school, 2 day schools, and 1 dispensary. LAMU A town and the capital of the District of Tanaland, British East Africa; situated on the east side of Lamu Island. The island is 7 miles: long and separated from the land by a narrow channel. It lies off the coast about 150 miles N. W. of Mombasa. The town is a port of call for English and German steamers, and is connected with Mombasa by telegraph. It has a population of 5,000 people, and is a mi ion station of the Neukirchen Mi ion Society (1889), with (1901) 3 mi ionaries and their wives and 1 boarding school. 406