MANAGUA

[s. 451] : Capital of Nicaragua, Central America, situated 157 miles S. S. E. of Tegucigalpa, on Managua Lake, and connected by rail with Granada on Lake Nicaragua. Station of the Central America Mi ion, with 2 mi ionaries and their wives and 1 woman mi ionary. MANAKAVALY A village of lepers, in Mada: station of gascar, situated 3 miles N. of the It was Isoavina, 12 miles E. of An tan an a rivo. built some ten years ago on the initiative of Rev. LMS Mr. Peake (LMS), and its preacher and inhabitants are all lepers, maintained by the French Government, cared for by the deacone es of the Paris Mi ionary Society, but aided in church and school work by the LMS. The Paris Evangelical Society has there 2 women mi ionaries, 4 native workers, and 1 leper asylum, belonging There is also a home to the French Government. The LMS has for untainted children of lepers. 1 native worker and 1 place of worship, with 200 profe ed Christians, all lepers. 451