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the fields ploughed, and even the trees grafted, by 

 the New Zealander. At the mill a New Zcaland- 

 er was seen powdered white with flour, like his 

 brother miller in England. When I looked at 

 this whole scene I thought it admirable. It was 

 not merely that England was brought vividly be- 

 fore my mind ; yet, as the evening drew to a close, 

 the domestic sounds, the fields of corn, the distant 

 undulating country with its trees, might well have 

 been mistaken for our father-land. Nor was it 

 the triumphant feeling at seeing what Englishmen 

 could effect, but rather the high hopes thus in- 

 spired for the future progress of this fine island. 



Several young men, redeemed by the mission- 

 aries from slavery, wei'e employed on the farm. 

 They were dressed in a shirt, jacket, and trousers, 

 and had a respectable appearance. Judging from 

 one trifling anecdote, I should think they must be 

 honest. Wlien walking in the fields, a young la- 

 bourer came up to Mr. Davies and gave him a 

 knife and gimlet, saying that he had found them 

 on the road, and did not know to whom they be- 

 longed ! These young men and boys appeared 

 very merry and good-humoured. In the evening 

 I saw a party of them at cricket : when I thought 

 of the austerity of which the missionaries have 

 been accused, I was amused by observing one of 

 their own sons taking an active j^art in the game. 

 A more decided and pleasing change was mani- 

 fested in tlie young women, who acted as servants 

 within the houses. Their clean, tidy, and healthy 

 appearance, like that of dairy-maids in England, 

 formed a wonderful contrast with the women of 

 the filthy hovels in Kororadika. The wives of the 

 missionai'ies tried to persuade them not to be tat- 

 tooed ; but a famous operator having arrived from 

 the south, they said, *' We really must just have a 



