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that the first two or three batches were like stones." 

 A few articles of food, such as sugar, oatmeal, 

 preserved meat, etc., could be obtained from the 

 company's store at Moose, but nothing on the spot. 

 Preserved milk could also be got, so that some- 

 times he indulged in a rice pudding. The most 

 venturesome and highest flight of ambition was 

 a plum pudding. 



The first great work of every missionary is to 

 acquire the language of the people as well as gain 

 their confidence. With regard to the latter, Mr. 

 Peck at once reaped some fruit from the seed sown 

 in former years by the Rev. E. Watkins and Bishop 

 Horden. For owing to the visits that had been 

 paid to the Eskimos by them, he found the people 

 most friendly and willing to receive him. One 

 old man whom Bishop Horden had had the pleasure 

 of baptizing, John Molucto byname, became a tower 

 of strength both to the missionary and the mission. 

 He would gather the people together in his iglo to 

 be instructed by the missionary. As to the lan- 

 guage, we have already seen Mr. Peck studying his 

 Moravian Testament during the voyage. He used 

 it with such effect, both on the journey from Eng- 

 land to Moose Factory and thence in the sailing 

 boat to Little Whale River, that he was able to set 

 to work among the people without delay. Re- 

 joicing in this, he says, " How soon God finds in- 

 struments ! I little thought this Testament would 



