FIRST MISSIONARY VOYAGE
in t f e ’ evening a caMbe-' came alongfide'from Erme^gsjnjEiher was',a
Sdsede -nSjfoed Joh'n,.whoni we 'had not fedn before^; 'him his TOuri^
trymen reported to he?in!a ftate offi.'irfefntyj Sand- by his difcourfe
w e thought him a little- fo: . On hisipart; he complained'much-©&the
treatment which he nacis received. from his ihipmatesi lince they
landed^- and- expreffed.a ddrrqjto return tb'Europe. mjPKe captain, in
anfwerf t'dld;. him, that atrprefentiiasj couleh not keep him on board ;
that? he <was -on, th e 5point, o f foiling; and- would in a few months
rctutd-S^i^he mean yvhile he .might.. ffoyiat themiffionary’iioulM
and^Whe behaved well he fhquld shave a-paffkge with usrssihefjsva
native :afr Stockholm, about fortyi 'years, old,'and feems mjfth, reduced*
by-fflckdkfefi, s i
On MK.Puekey’s carriingioriboarHJrfbmfr conveffetibn,palled ion
the; propriety ,!d f the;brethren's armingthemfelvfis'rom^foije,! and
Keeping- /watch night and day; which thpfe on /board; difapproyed;
Hedrepliei^them.viaiy fetiifaj^orily, that tjgreir ihtemhon in taking
arms was-not to.injure the natives, much'?leisft® plant-the gofeekby
human poWer ƒ but merely as a means ordained ©ft God fo ^ ^ .e^ o -
tedlion.of thehlpridcari andiproperty during the ablbaeeidfrfiiQAip»