362 THE CHURCH SET FIRE TO. 



culture. Thus will the approaching pressure 

 of want be added to the slavery of the mind, 

 and probably urge the islanders to burst their 

 fetters. I have myself heard many of the Yeris 

 express their displeasure, and the country peo- 

 ple, who consider Bengham's religion as the 

 source of all their sufferings, one night set fire 

 to the church : the damage sustained was tri- 

 fling, and the flames were soon extinguished ; 

 but the incendiaries were not discovered. 



Karemaku is suffering under a confirmed 

 dropsy. Lord Byron's surgeon tapped him ; 

 but, by the time we arrived, the increase of his 

 disorder required a repetition of the operation ; 

 it was performed with great success by our sur- 

 geon. But it is impossible he can survive long, 

 and his death will be the signal of a general in- 

 surrection, which Bengham's folly will certainly 

 have accelerated. 



Our second visit to Hanaruro was as dis- 

 agreeable as the first had been pleasant : even 

 our best friend, Nomahanna, was quite altered, 

 and received us with coldness and taciturnity . 

 we therefore laid in our stock of provisions and 

 fresh water as quickly as possible, and rejoiced 



