Tounghoo Women by Ellen B. Mason

But there is another work separate from these schools, in which I do earnestly wish the ladies of this Christian land would take an interest, for it does seem to me of the deepest importance. It is that of _sending female Bible Readers to the heathen women of Tounghoo_--or by some means instructing them in a knowledge of the Sacred Scriptures.

I find many on this side of the world who think Burmah is already evangelized. A sad mistake! It is estimated that there are in Burmah, under English rule, some _three millions of females_. Among these, about 35,000 Karen females have, we trust, renounced their heathen rites, and received teachers; but among the Burmese and Talaings it is believed there are not more than _one thousand_, at most, at all under Christian instruction.