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When
we
consider
,
"
added
the
missionary
,
"
the
smallness
of
the
architects
used
by
our
heavenly
Father
in
order
to
form
those
lovely
and
innumerable
islands
,
we
are
filled
with
much
of
that
feeling
which
induced
the
ancient
king
to
exclaim
,
'
How
manifold
,
O
Lord
,
are
Thy
works
!
in
wisdom
hast
Thou
made
them
all
.
'
"
We
all
heartily
agreed
with
the
missionary
in
this
sentiment
,
and
felt
not
a
little
gratified
to
find
that
the
opinions
which
Jack
and
I
had
been
led
to
form
,
from
personal
observation
on
our
Coral
Island
,
were
thus
to
a
great
extent
corroborated
.
The
missionary
also
gave
us
an
account
of
the
manner
in
which
Christianity
had
been
introduced
among
them
.
He
said
:
"
When
missionaries
were
first
sent
here
,
three
years
ago
,
a
small
vessel
brought
them
;
and
the
chief
,
who
is
now
dead
,
promised
to
treat
well
the
two
native
teachers
who
were
left
with
their
wives
on
the
island
.
But
scarcely
had
the
boat
which
landed
them
returned
to
the
ship
than
the
natives
began
to
maltreat
their
guests
,
taking
away
all
they
possessed
,
and
offering
them
further
violence
,
so
that
when
the
boat
was
sent
in
haste
to
fetch
them
away
,
the
clothes
of
both
men
and
women
were
torn
nearly
off
their
backs
.
"
Two
years
after
this
the
vessel
visited
them
again
,
and
I
,
being
in
her
,
volunteered
to
land
alone
,
without
any
goods
whatever
,
begging
that
my
wife
might
be
brought
to
me
the
following
year
--
that
is
,
this
year
;
and
,
as
you
see
,
she
is
with
me
.
But
the
surf
was
so
high
that
the
boat
could
not
land
me
;
so
with
nothing
on
but
my
trousers
and
shirt
,
and
with
a
few
catechisms
and
a
Bible
,
besides
some
portions
of
the
Scripture
translated
into
the
Mango
tongue
,
I
sprang
into
the
sea
,
and
swam
ashore
on
the
crest
of
a
breaker
.
I
was
instantly
dragged
up
the
beach
by
the
natives
;
who
,
on
finding
I
had
nothing
worth
having
upon
me
,
let
me
alone
.
I
then
made
signs
to
my
friends
in
the
ship
to
leave
me
,
which
they
did
.
At
first
the
natives
listened
to
me
in
silence
,
but
laughed
at
what
I
said
while
I
preached
the
Gospel
of
our
blessed
Saviour
Jesus
Christ
to
them
.
Afterwards
they
treated
me
ill
,
sometimes
;
but
I
persevered
,
and
continued
to
dwell
among
them
,
and
dispute
,
and
exhort
them
to
give
up
their
sinful
ways
of
life
,
burn
their
idols
,
and
come
to
Jesus
.
"
About
a
month
after
I
landed
,
I
heard
that
the
chief
was
dead
.
He
was
the
father
of
the
present
chief
,
who
is
now
a
most
consistent
member
of
the
Church
.
It
is
a
custom
here
that
when
a
chief
dies
his
wives
are
strangled
and
buried
with
him
.
Knowing
this
,
I
hastened
to
his
house
to
endeavour
to
prevent
such
cruelty
if
possible
.
When
I
arrived
,
I
found
two
of
the
wives
had
already
been
killed
,
while
another
was
in
the
act
of
being
strangled
.
I
pleaded
hard
for
her
,
but
it
was
too
late
;
she
was
already
dead
.
I
then
entreated
the
son
to
spare
the
fourth
wife
,
and
after
much
hesitation
,
my
prayer
was
granted
;
but
in
half-an-hour
afterwards
this
poor
woman
repented
of
being
unfaithful
,
as
she
termed
it
,
to
her
husband
,
and
insisted
on
being
strangled
,
which
was
accordingly
done
.
"
All
this
time
the
chief
's
son
was
walking
up
and
down
before
his
father
's
house
with
a
brow
black
as
thunder
.
When
he
entered
I
went
in
with
him
,
and
found
,
to
my
surprise
,
that
his
father
was
not
dead
!
The
old
man
was
sitting
on
a
mat
in
a
corner
,
with
an
expression
of
placid
resignation
on
his
face
.
"
'
Why
,
'
said
I
,
'
have
you
strangled
your
father
's
wives
before
he
is
dead
?
'
"
To
this
the
son
replied
,
'
He
is
dead
.
That
is
no
longer
my
father
.
He
is
as
good
as
dead
now
.
He
is
to
be
buried
alive
.
'
