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We
is
native
miss
'n
ary
ship
;
our
name
is
de
Olive
Branch
;
an
'
our
cargo
is
two
tons
cocoa-nuts
,
seventy
pigs
,
twenty
cats
,
and
de
Gosp
'
l.
"
This
announcement
was
received
by
the
crew
of
our
vessel
with
a
shout
of
laughter
,
which
,
however
,
was
peremptorily
checked
by
the
captain
,
whose
expression
instantly
changed
from
one
of
severity
to
that
of
frank
urbanity
as
he
advanced
towards
the
missionary
and
shook
him
warmly
by
the
hand
.
"
I
am
very
glad
to
have
fallen
in
with
you
,
"
said
he
,
"
and
I
wish
you
much
success
in
your
missionary
labours
.
Pray
take
me
to
your
cabin
,
as
I
wish
to
converse
with
you
privately
.
"
The
missionary
immediately
took
him
by
the
hand
,
and
as
he
led
him
away
I
heard
him
saying
,
"
me
most
glad
to
find
you
trader
;
we
t
'
ought
you
be
pirate
.
You
very
like
one
'
bout
the
masts
.
"
What
conversation
the
captain
had
with
this
man
I
never
heard
;
but
he
came
on
deck
again
in
a
quarter
of
an
hour
,
and
shaking
hands
cordially
with
the
missionary
,
ordered
us
into
our
boat
and
returned
to
the
schooner
,
which
was
immediately
put
before
the
wind
.
In
a
few
minutes
the
Olive
Branch
was
left
far
behind
us
.
That
afternoon
,
as
I
was
down
below
at
dinner
,
I
heard
the
men
talking
about
this
curious
ship
.
"
I
wonder
,
"
said
one
,
"
why
our
captain
looked
so
sweet
on
yon
swallow-tailed
supercargo
o
'
pigs
and
Gospels
?
If
it
had
been
an
ordinary
trader
,
now
,
he
would
have
taken
as
many
o
'
the
pigs
as
he
required
and
sent
the
ship
with
all
on
board
to
the
bottom
.
"
"
Why
,
Dick
,
you
must
be
new
to
these
seas
if
you
do
n't
know
that
!
"
cried
another
.
"
The
captain
cares
as
much
for
the
Gospel
as
you
do
(
an
'
that
's
precious
little
)
;
but
he
knows
,
and
everybody
knows
,
that
the
only
place
among
the
southern
islands
where
a
ship
can
put
in
and
get
what
she
wants
in
comfort
is
where
the
Gospel
has
been
sent
to
.
There
are
hundreds
o
'
islands
,
at
this
blessed
moment
,
where
you
might
as
well
jump
straight
into
a
shark
's
maw
as
land
without
a
band
o
'
thirty
comrades
armed
to
the
teeth
to
back
you
.
"
"
Ay
,
"
said
a
man
with
a
deep
scar
over
his
right
eye
.
"
Dick
's
new
to
the
work
.
But
if
the
captain
takes
us
for
a
cargo
o
'
sandal-wood
to
the
Feejees
,
he
'll
get
a
taste
o
'
these
black
gentry
in
their
native
condition
.
For
my
part
,
I
do
n't
know
,
and
I
do
n't
care
,
what
the
Gospel
does
to
them
;
but
I
know
that
when
any
o
'
the
islands
chance
to
get
it
,
trade
goes
all
smooth
and
easy
.
But
where
they
ha
'n'
t
got
it
,
Beelzebub
himself
could
hardly
desire
better
company
.
"
