sons were present. Surely GoD is about to work among this people.

"16th.-I preached at eight this morning; and in the island of Papa at twelve. All were not satisfied: they did not ken how I knew their hearts.' May the LORD have mercy upon them! Though there was much swell in the sound, I got safely back to Sandness, and preached at seven.

17th.-I preached in Sandness morning, and evening, and met the class: fifty-seven were present,

18th. I preached again morning and evening. Met the class: sixty-two present. GOD is working.

"19th.-I reluctantly left Sandness this morning, after having given, within the last five days, thirty notes of Admittance on Trial, and admitted twenty persons more to the class for the first time. I think I have not seen a more glorious work since the revival in Cornwall in the year 1814, than there is at present in this little parish, in which there are only about seventy houses; and we have no less than eighty persons who meet in class. Under almost every sermon some appeared to be awakened, May they stand fast! I tremble for them. They are surrounded by dangers. At twelve I preached in Dale. Some appeared to be' pricked in their hearts.' At seven 1 preached at Burostow, to more than MR. HENRY'S parlour could contain.

"20th.-I preached in Bayhall at twelve, and met the little class: nine present. I preached again at six, and then took boat for Burostow, where we arrived in safety, though the night was dark and gloomy.

"21st. I preached in Whitesness at ten; and at Bayhall, afternoon and night. I met the class: ten were present. O LORD, revive thy work! The people here attend the preaching remarkably well; but as yet I have heard of but few awakenings.

"22d.-I preached in Bayhall at half past ten. To many the word came with power. I then met the class; above eighty persons were present, most of whom came from the neighbouring societies. I had only time to speak to about twenty, who had never met before, At two I preached to no less than four or five hundred attentive hearers, on an open beach. What would my English friends think of my preaching in the month of February, in lat. 60, with no other canopy than the blue ethereal sky? At six I preached to as many as the kitchen, parlour, a large closet stairs, and passage, could contain.

“23d.—I preached at eight this

morning, and met the class; forty being present. Having to baptize a child, gave a long exhortation to parents, and then visited the cottages until four, when I preached again, after which I returned by boat to Burostow.

"24th. I preached in Bayhall this morning, and met the class. I then left, having given four notes of admittance, and admitted thirteen persons more to the class for the first time, who all appear determined to follow CHRIST. May they never look back! At night I preached in Grutting, and met the class.

"25th.-I preached at eight, and then gave twenty tickets to the members of the class, and seven notes of admittance on trial. At twelve I preached in Cullswick, to as many as a large cottage could contain, who appeared to feel sorrow on account of their sins, and gratitude for my visit. Here neither of us had ever been before. It is six or eight miles from the kirk, and is seldom visited by the messengers of peace. The sudden death of a woman here a few weeks ago, who dropped down with a load of peats on her back, and immediately expired, has caused great fear to come on the people. I walked on to Reawick, and preached again at night. May God give the increase!

"26th. I preached in Reawick at eight, took boat for Scalloway, and then walked into Lerwick, after an absence of fourteen days, during which I have preached thirty-two sermons, and met a class almost every day, I think I never talked so much in one fortnight. I found it difficult to get one hour to myself, I thank my GOD for strength of body, and for a heart desirous of using it in his blessed service. For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.'

"I feel a backwardness in saying any thing about additional Chapels, after expending such a large sum in building the one in Lerwick. But duty is mine. The necessity of one in Sandness will appear, when I state, that we have now eighty persons who meet in class there, and no other place to meet them, or to preach in, than MR. COWPER's parlour, which will, perhaps, not contain one-half of those who would willingly hear. The houses in Sandness are not so scattered as in most other parishes, but they are in general full six miles from any other place where we preach. I have had a letter from MR. CowPER this day, in which he states, that there is a most eligible spot, which he has no doubt but

the landlord would give or let for a very trifling sum,-that the whole cost of the building will not exceed £40,-that the members will carry all the stones to the spot gratis, and that he thinks he could beg £5. The Chapel would be about twenty-six feet by sixteen, to contain about two hundred and fifty hearers. MR. RABY says, we must have a Chapel in North Mavin; and there are some other places, where Chapels would be more than desirable, but about which I must say nothing at present."

Extract of a Letter from the REV. J. RABY to the REV. DR. CLARKE; dated Lerwick, March 29th, 1824.

"HAD I time to furnish you with all the information I possess in reference to the success which, during the last quarter, has attended our united efforts to enlarge the spiritual kingdom of the REDEEMER, it would more than ever convince you that our coming to labour in Shetland was of GOD, and that He continues, by our instrumentality, to prosper the work of his grace. Since you heard from us last, scores have been added to the Society, from whose conversation and walk we have reason to conclude they are in earnest for the salvation of their souls. Our older members continue to adorn the doctrine of CHRIST, and to manifest their attachment to his cause by a suitable and proper deportment. Several new places have been regularly visited; societies, which promise both to increase and to be stable, have been formed; and other doors of usefulness have been opened to us. For all these things we feel thankful to our good and gracious GoD, and feel determined to prosecute our work with still greater

zeal.

"On the 22d of December last, I left Lerwick, where I had been for a short time, on a journey to the North Isles, and only returned here a few days ago. During my absence from town, I passed through a part of the parish of Aithsting, the Island of Muckle Roe, the parishes of Detting, North Mavin, and the Island of Zell. In some of these places I remained a considerable time; preached to large and attentive congregations; and have now the satisfaction to know that my labours were not in vain. The fields in every part were white unto the harvest; and in some places the people were almost like sheep having no shepherd. I came down to Lerwick about ten days ago, and was much pleased with the progress made in the Chapel. It is a noble building; and in about a month or six weeks, at most, will be ready for divine service.

As I have referred to the Chapel, I now turn to the erection of the Preacher's house. This is most desirable; and must it, for want of funds, be given up? We have ground at the end of the Chapel, in the end-wall of which preparation is made for the house. The building would not cost more than £200. I feel anxious for the house to be built before MR. DUNN leaves Shetland, as twenty men might be appointed to this Station, who would not be able to plan and superintend the building of the house so well as himself."

Extract of a Letter from the REV. S. DUNN, to the REV. DR. CLARKE; dated Lerwick, March 30th, 1824.

"WE held our Quarterly Meeting on Friday last. Our expenses were less than they had been any preceding quarter, independent of what we received from England.

"I am very sorry that I am not able to give you now a few further extracts from my Journal, from which you would have seen what great things the LORD is doing for us. I never spent such a happy fortnight in my life as the last has been, in visiting the southern parishes; during which time, I admitted, on trial, no less than eighty persons, not one of whom had met before. I preached three times every day, and met, on an average, fifty persons daily in class. I firmly believe that for every pound we have expended in Shetland, we shall have a soul."

To the preceding Extracts, we subjoin one from a Letter very recently received from MR. DUNN, by MR. KER

SHAW:

"I HAVE received from an 'Unknown Friend, a Member of the Church of England, in London,' a parcel of Tracts, and a few other Books, with his best wishes for our prosperity in this part of the LORD's vineyard; the receipt of which, perhaps, you will please to acknowledge with sincere and warm thanks. I am sure it will do his benevolent feelings good to hear that Tracts are still read here with the greatest avidity; the good effects of which are frequently seen. About one hundred and fifty persons come to our house every Monday afternoon, to return the Tracts which they have read, and to get new ones. Under our public preaching, blessed be GOD, some sinners are awakened. About forty in the country have been admitted on trial within the last two months."

Extract from the Journal of MR. SEPT. 30th, 1822.-At six o'clock this evening we held our second Anniversary of the Auxiliary Missionary Society: the REV. THOMAS HASSALL, Assistant Chaplain, in the chair. The assembly was numerous, respectable, and evidently interested in the great cause which we were endeavouring to promote. That the cause is gradually obtaining a greater portion of the approbation and assistance of our Colonial public, appears obvious from the Treasurer's Report, by which we were thankful to find that our receipts this year much exceed those of last.

Nov. 17th. Sunday.-This has been the most laborious and exhausting day I ever spent. From five o'clock in the morning till eight at night, I was riding or preaching, with scarcely any intermission. At five o'clock I set out from MR. STOCKFISH's for Emu-Plains, where I preached to a good congregation, and walked about four miles. On returning to Castlereagh, I found that divine service was to be performed in the church, and therefore proceeded immediately to Richmond, under a fiercely-scorching sun: the wind blowing in hot gales, the volumes of smoke rolling from the mountains, which, from the natives having set fire to the grass and underwood, were in flames to a vast extent, -the sun pouring forth his burning rays, without a single cloud to mitigate their violence,-the heated sands over which I was travelling,-all combined to render the journey inconceivably oppressive to both horse and rider. At half past one, I arrived at Richmond; and, while the sexton was apprising the

who has dwelt in the vicinity of KissingPoint for a number of years past. The REV. MR. WILLIAMS, of the Church Missionary Society, and the Rev. MESSRS. CARVOSSO and MANSFIELD, of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, together with several respectable visitors from the towns of Parramatta and Sydney, were present at the Meeting, which was held in the little Methodist Chapel in the neighbourhood.

MANSFIELD, New South Wales. inhabitants of my intention to preach, I threw myself on a bench, and enjoyed half an hour's refreshing sleep. Soon after two my congregation was collected, and I preached with comfort, notwithstanding my fatigue; and thence proceeded to Windsor. Though parched and wearied, "the LORD was the strength of my heart."

24th, Sunday.-Preached at PennantHill, Kissing-Point, and Parramatta. We held a Love-feast, which was lively and interesting; several spoke, with the most satisfactory clearness, of their conversion to GOD, and present enjoyment of his favour. Among this people a good work is certainly begun. May it "go on to perfection.'

March 26th, 1823. Wednesday.MR. WHITE and I waited upon His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by the Tonga Chiefs, with whom His Excellency, through the medium of the interpreter, freely conversed, and kindly offered to furnish them, on their return to their own country, with any articles that would be useful. A few weeks ago MR. WALKER was dangerously ill, at which the chiefs were greatly amazed, observing, that in their country the priests were never sick, and MR. WALKER must be wicked, and his GoD must be angry with him, or he would not make him sick. Anxious to divest their minds of so prejudicial a suspicion of Missionaries, I took down a large family-Bible, and told them that that was our God's Book; and that when we wanted to know his mind, we had only to look into his book. "In this book," I remarked, "GOD says that he makes his Priests ill 2 E

sometimes, not because he is angry with them, but because he wishes to prove whether they love him, and to make them better and happier Priests. Now MR. WALKER has read this in the Book, and is therefore happy though he is sick; and he knows that if he die, GOD

will make him happy for ever." They declared themselves perfectly satisfied with my explanation, saying, "Very good to have the Book; very good for MR. WALKER to be sick; Port-Jackson-man's GOD very good: very good! very good!"

CAPTAIN EDWARDSON, of the Snapper, brings from New Zealand two Chiefs, one of whom is about thirty years of age, and accompanied by his wife; the other is a youth of about sixteen. The name of the former is JAMES CADDEL, an Englishman by birth, and whose history is briefly as follows:-In 1807, or thereabouts, the ship Sydney Cove, a sealer out of this port, was cruising off the Bay of Islands, and had either stationed or dispatched a boat's crew, consisting of five hands and a boy, (JAMES CADDEL, the present chief,) to one of the islands, in quest of seals. The boat was taken by the savages in the vicinity of the Southern Cape, and the hapless men, with the exception of CADDEL, were killed and eaten. Fortunately, in his fright, the boy flew to an old chief for mercy, and happened to touch his kakka-how, (the outward mat of the chief,) by which his life was preserved, as his person was then held sacred. Being in too distant a part of New Zealand to indulge the hope of soon escaping from a wretched captivity, CADDEL became resigned to his apparent destiny, and insensibly adopted the manners and customs of the natives. About nine years since he was allied to a Chief's daughter, who also is sister to a chief; and, by this two-fold tie, he became a Prince of no small influence among such subjects as those barbarous despots are destined, in the present state of things there, to control. The horrible darkness pervading this people is truly affect ing; and it may, with sympathy, be

inquired, when the bright and humanizing beams of Gospel-day will shine, with healing influence, upon those "dark habitations of cruelty?" Were it not that genuine Christians are eminently and vigorously engaged in this ponderous work, a glorious fulfilment of which is ensured in GoD's Book, the temporal comfort and everlasting happiness of those savages, as well as of the almost neglected Australian heathen, would be pronounced hopeless indeed.— To return to CADDEL: He was in pursuit, with some other chiefs, of any boats or gangs that might unfortunately become subject to their capture, when CAPTAIN EDWARDSON succeeded in taking him. Just before, a boat belong. ing to the General Gates, (American,) which vessel CAPT. E. parted from on the 26th of December last, had been taken, but the crew fortunately escaped. CADDEL lost his own language, as well as European customs; and soon became transformed, from the English sailorboy, into the dauntless and terrifying New Zealand Chief. It required some argument to induce him to visit New South Wales; and he would not come without his partner, to whom he appears to be tenderly attached. For some days he paraded our streets, with his Princess, in the New Zealand costume; but now, we believe, he seems to be inclined to return to civilized life, of which none can estimate the comforts but those who enjoy them. It is said that these people will return to their own country by the first opportunity.

IN the preceding extracts from my journal, which contain a brief relation of occurrences during our journey to

this place, I have mentioned several native tribes. The Corannas inhabit the banks of the Great, or Orange River;

and few of them ever remove from it for a great length of time. They extend in different kraals from the western coast, to at least three degrees East of Griqualand, to my knowledge; how much farther to the eastward, I know not. Their houses are made of mats, like those of the Namacquas. They frequently remove from place to place along the river, as fancy or convenience leads them, and live almost entirely on their cattle. I have travelled along the Great River, from Pella, in Namacqualand, and saw many gardens, but nothing growing except tobacco. These Corannas, to the eastward of the junction of the Yellow River and the Aant, are, in person, stronger and better proportioned than lower down the river; I suppose because they live in a much finer climate, and a more fruitful country, and are much richer in cattle. The population is also much greater. Their language is the same all along the river, and is the same which is chiefly spoken in Griqualand. As the common medium of communication, it prevails much more than the Dutch. It is also the same as the Na macqua, both in Little and Great Namacqualand. But it contains such a number of curious and awkward sounds, formed by the smacking and clapping of the tongue, that I doubt whether an adult of another nation would be easily able to acquire it. I have heard of no kind of religious worship prevailing among them. Conjurers there are; and they have likewise frequent assemblies for dancing, which continue the whole night. There have been several Missionaries of the London Society among the Corannas west of Griqualand. Many of the temporary houses and chapels which had been built by them, I saw, where at present there is not one inhabitant. The Missionaries sought their good by removing with them from place to place, but were often left by them, so that nothing seemed permanent. At present there is not a single Missionary with that people; the two who were last ,with them, and had laboured many years among them, are now, the one at Gricqua, the other at Campbell. I have not heard of any attempt having been made towards the conversion to Christianity of those who reside east of Griqualand; at least, I believe no Missionary ever resided among them. I have heard of their earnest desire for Missionaries, and I hope those were sincere who expressed themselves in such terms to us, as I have mentioned in the preceding journal. If indeed they "thirst for GOD's word," and will lie down and sigh their souls out" if it be not given to them, I am sure your hearts will incline

towards them. From all that I have seen and heard respecting them, I do think there is a desire in many of them for the Gospel. Two Missionaries, stationed where we found the child in the deserted town, would have an extensive field at once open for them. I would propose their fixing their residence there, so that, by itinerating, they could every day preach at populous villages; for though these villages would not always be at the same place, they would not be far distant: the Missionary could go out on one side of the river, and return on the other. I believe that a great number would fix at the place where the Missionaries might reside; and those who got good would listen to his advice, and begin to cultivate the ground, and so settle. We are only one day's jour ney from the river; so that a Mission there would be connected with this, and could have frequent intercourse. And although I have stated great difficulties with respect to the acquirement of their language, yet this is provided for: there are two or three men at Khamies-Berg,who,I believe,are truly pious,' and are able to read the Scriptures, having heard the Gospel, and interpreted for the Missionary there, occasionally, for several years; so that they are well qualified. If the Committee should send one or two young men out to begin a Mission among this people, they must be furnished with such interpreters from our station in Little Namacqualand; for such they cannot get in Griqualand.

The Boschuanas are a numerous people, inhabiting a vast extent of territory, commencing at the Krooman, westward, and the Yellow River to the south, and extending from thence, probably, to the Mozambique Coast, how far north is not known. They are divided into different tribes, which are governed by their respective chiefs. The tribe to which Providence seems to have brought us, call themselves Morolongs. They are considerably advanced in civilization, and in times of peace are settled in towns. They are not only rich in cattle, but also grow corn, and make gardens, &c., &c. Their language is quite different from the Corannas; it is not at all disagreeable to the ear, and it has no sounds but what a European will be able to pronounce.

The Mission upon which we are entering (which may GOD prosper) is of great importance. We are in the midst of a vast population: besides the tribe with whom we are, to the south, a day or two's journey on the other side of the Yellow River, there is a numerous tribe who speak the same language, called Goyakas. We have been visited by the