136 ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS 
but for Erromango, poor Erromango! how could they feel 
otherwise than sad? Since then, however, a brighter day 
has dawned on Erromango; and before taking our final leave 
of that land of melancholy interest, we tell our readers that 
it has come to pass on Erromango, as in other lands in which 
martyr blood has been shed, ‘the blood of the martyrs is the 
seed of the church.’ ” 
