 His work became known through his publication of a quarterly newsletter, "Mountain Men", and later through his writing of three books on the Karenni; "Jungle Folk" (1933), "Jungle Friends" (1937) and "Jungle Witnesses" (1948).The work he did in Burma, latterly at Kappali, recommended him to the position of Bishop of Rangoon.On 5 April 1923 he married Helen Margaret Scott-Moncrieff, the daughter of a senior army officer.