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and sailorlike qualities, his promptitude, his iron nerve, combine 

 with his other gifts to make his loss a national one, and as such 

 it "will be doubtless be regarded, and this will be some consolation 

 to his friends ; but their best will lie in the knowledge that his 

 pure and devout spirit was ever ready to enter the presence of 

 its Maker." 



The death of the Commodore was felt as a serious loss at Home 

 and by the Admiralty and the Naval Service at large, as evidenced 

 by a prospectus of a " Goodenough Memorial Pund," a copy of 

 which lately received from England I lay upon the table, inviting 

 any of our members to subscribe to it who may feel that, in so 

 doing, they are acknowledging the services of one who deserved a 

 memorial such as Plato {llenexenus) tells us heathen Grreece 

 accorded to the survivors of all who fell in the service of their 

 country; for, as was held by Pericles (Thucyd. II. 34), "they who 

 by their acts had shown true courage should by corresponding 

 acts of gratitude be honored." 



There are some interesting circumstances relating to the scene 

 of the late Commodore's martyrdom which may, I trust, not be 

 considered impertinent to mention at this meeting. 



Scarcely four years had elapsed since Bishop Pattesou, who 

 was well known to the natives of Santa Cruz, and had often been 

 among them, was, with two of his companions, also stricken and 

 slain. " Suddenly, without any previous warning (it is related 

 by one of his biographers) a man rose, and saying, " Have you 

 got anything like this?" let fly an arrow, which was quickly fol- 

 lowed by a volley from his seven companions. Mr. Atkin was 

 shot in the left shoulder, whilst of the three Melanesians one of 

 them was wounded slightly, and the other was pierced by no 

 fewer than six arrows. Every arrow had thus taken effect." 



Seven years before this, two youths belonging to the Melan- 

 esian Mission were slain also at Nupuku, close to Santa Cruz ;* 

 and, if I mistake not, since then other victims perished in the 



* Sketches of the life of Bishop Patteson in Melanesia, p. 185. 



