From August 1930 to August 1931 the writer was absent from England on a visit, in his capacity as one of its Secretaries, to the mission areas of the London Missionary Society in Africa and Madagascar. Some seven or eight months of that time were spent in Africa south of the equator, mainly in Bechuanaland, Southern Rhodesia, and Northern Rhodesia, that is to say, in the areas in which the Sechuana, Sindebele, and Chibemba languages are spoken. While the tour was primarily for the purpose of visiting the stations of the London Missionary Society, it afforded opportunities of seeing something of the work of six or seven other societies. This article does not pretend to do anything more than record a few hurried impressions made during a rapid tour upon a mind largely occupied with other matters.