122 THE CBUISE OF THE ' GUBAfJOA.' ■ 



habits, tlie needs, and the tastes of civihzed men. Tlie 

 Protestant missionary, on tlie contrary, tliough he may, 

 especially if he be a Wesleyan, gloomily dislike the gayer 

 aspects of social life, and have no repugnance whatever to 

 making his converts sombre and sad, has a decided desire 

 to see them comfortable and clean, and in possession of 

 those household and other appointments and resources 

 which continuous exertion and industry can alone supply. 

 While, moreover, in the CathoHc missionary, the natives see 

 an indifference to many personal matters that would hardly 

 be tolerated in their native priests, they must also re- 

 mark, in connection with him, an absence of that momen- 

 tum and energy of action which in the white excites their 

 surprise and commands their respect. It is reasonable to 

 infer, therefore, that such of them as embrace the Catliolic 

 faith belong to the most languid and unenterprising of their 

 race, and that they should exhibit a decidedly inferior capa- 

 city of progress as compared with those of their fellow- 

 natives, who have been stimulated into action by more 

 energetic men. 



That a most deplorable feeling of enmity should exist be- 

 tween these rival teachers is unhappily a matter of course. 

 It is by no means a new phenomenon in this quarter of the 

 world. Years ago it was remarked and lamented in New 

 Zealand that, whatever might be the amount of religious 

 proficiency, sectarian controversy was at all events con- 

 spicuous, and that ' disputes between Weteri, Hahi, and 



