t o n g a t a b o o .
KÓ. '
i Mr. B. Bowel!
‘f-!2 L_ J. Buchanan
3 James Cooper
4 — S. Harp er
£ — S. Kelfo
6 — J. Ndbbs V
7 ^ w . Shelly' '
8 — G:~Veefori
g _ J. Wilkinfon
ip — — Gaulton
NO7. ! 1
7' ' Mri. J .’Harris * I!
a —• Wm. Crook
The above bufinefs being fettled, the captain intimated to tHofe
intended fo rOtahate, that,.as w e wenT'dfcawmg near that ifland, it
wbiild he^lprdjfër for thehi to ’clioofé 'th'eir committee “and-1prefidfertK'
TMs they accordingly proceeded to” d o ; Mr. Jefïèrfon was eledted
prcfident by a great majority, and Meff. Cover, TOwis, Henry,and
BrodmhaBj'fo compofe the committee. Mr. Cover was appointed'
fecretary and’ftqre-keeper, an® Lewis- librarian. It was then agreed,
that" the prefident,- fecretaryp &c. fhould hold'their office-for fix
months, and that the committee fhould go ouLby rotation, one every
three months. Matters being thus fettled, they began fo encourage
each other to' diifer ^ifKout fear upon tfieirworfc, ,and~bya. zealous
and Ready perfeverance therein to manifeft thémfelves Worthy q f the
high charadteri ó f miffionaries-.
Our paffage from Toobbuai was much longer than we expedted,
owing to variable winds from the N .W quarter and very unfettled
.weather, >~
March ift . From two o’clock in the afternoon till four it rained
exceffively hard; moire than a turf ó f water was caiight.' whicb gave
jhe miffionaries afterwards an opportunity o f wafhin’g ” then linen,
anifpUtfihg it in oukr piquaul'tpiHhtn«landing. From foiifuntil
fdven was^an interval- o f fair Weather ; buVtiov 'the ‘clouds' garlic i mg
#f-i( k, and'wcinng i gin >mv *#pect i Sjfofl il liming bught*ccJfti-
Hlenced': Srdtw were given Ao furl every,fait- except tKererefa’i-l, and,
mauling tWlay The ram b<~gVmh^i“li&‘ thin he fo il} ‘ life;
^ompandedjs ^■ -^i,}.|dne til-l,'^rgdriig.ht,
an hlft hlaps 'of thundcrMwliKh, «ft'> beirnt fs, * flio’ok
the D uff ät e in \ dap. The rain,pat&i.idcdf d ith fquallV continued
tiir^Sarc(AmAhe -morHuogA then abated;f 1 Theilfel^W^Anof'^ high,
neither wasAhe-'wirid freiy 'vd®ejSfSr neverthelefs the darknefs • arid cpn-r
flidf m -the -Clements formed a' ifigift Co truly. äifmal, ffekt all^M board
Cotifefeliwheychad’ •'ft&vefu vVitmedfed' the'hlSehefbreA’ ' We -therefore,
fay jheÄfffiönariesV'^odlöits'SfhC wi*Bg§%f' faith, and'fled -to'-the God
rfi&KdeS% kUdtw'nemwe <b«ili fung an hyrnh®*GomffiiMfig?%Effi
fdlvfes to- flhet<tgitotöi^icte>^'£flib'”Möfl:-:H^a,'. wtet'rfeth,^ it-b’-tel!t'. n'TMe
ne"3it‘ MafeSfeg Wfe'Aetid-hed; difa' RdbrnA’-fetL grätefül A-haöKs fori-the
prötedtisn^^dtihäf Origfent
After stfhe florin nothihg’nHitor-ial ■ bc.e'urredAi’Il' feiiMay-fbdthihgt
March 4 # ’, when wedSefheld the long^-wiffiedifor Mland55®’ 'Otahehe,
but af äj-'gfiaiP-'d'iftknce. Ä t noon the extremity o f the’defier pfenirffufe.
höre &önä!?W vh y W . ‘t® 'N;. | W . t%elve or fourteen : -With
?he wiiiMf' at -E.1 Wbi flood' -towards’1 it until ten at tfieü
tacked three Gf?foup’ rrfi3efr'f©utböf the redfs ",6fF”A’t?.,hljiSi®0,-^afad
ftanding“ o ff and on till daylight, fleered t e ‘go-between the^dft end
o f 'the5 ifland khd Eimeo.-
* 'T h e c’aptäiiif^häs' mentioned iin coö^CTfatiönlwhat Wnä cÄ iÖ t Wffh
ffeoidd h e omitted; that" the’ eoriflafes he endured updh thts-fofeaPap^
proach to ‘the plaeetoff^iSs deftiiiat-iön -are nM*-fomfevdöforf!§äed ;,*Me felt
fometbiygyö'f that1* travailing -i-n birth' vmiSÜPSt. -Pkifl 'men-ri-ons ’-dhd'
his anxiotJC5refpedtiMg :his ‘brethren -and Ahieif boCepti-on-was -a! burden
almoft too heavy for ‘him to bear— happily a gracious God quickly
delivered him out ©f all his fears . 1