60 Fistory of the “ Dayspring.” 
you find the population; the explanation being, probably,- that 
Scotchmen know where good things are to be found—particu- 
larly good land: and on this occasion the interest shown in the 
Presbyterian ship was just what one might have expected in the 
circumstances. The visit of the vessel was so timed as to oc- 
cur during the holiday season of farmers and squatters; and 
the whole population, young and old, turned out to see the 
“ Dayspring :” some families coming fifty miles to enjoy the sight. 
A romp on the deck was an immense treat, and some brisk 
boys never rested till they got up to the masthead. The 
farmers were lavish in their gifts of potatoes and other produce 
of all kinds ; and the very boatmen of Warrnambool were glad 
to ferry the children to the “ Dayspring ” for nothing. 
The “ Dayspring ” left Portland Bay on the 22nd April, 1871, 
and reached Aneityum on the 17th May. The following sum- 
mary of her work among the islands for this year is given in 
the admirable language of the Rev. Joseph Copeland :— 
During the season she made several trips among the islands. In 
the first she landed stores and mails at all the mission stations, and took 
Mr. and Mrs. Goodwill from Aneityum, where they had been during the 
summer, to their station on Santo. On her way south she settled in the 
vicinity of Efaté some of the eastern teachers, brought to the group in 
the end of 1870. That done, beginning at Nguna, she took up the mis- 
sionaries on her way south for the annual meeting, and landed them at 
Aniwa on the 1st July. In the second trip, beginning July rth, she 
first of all returned the missionaries to their stations, calling at Tana, - 
Fotuna, Aneityum, Loyalty islands (to send away a mail) and Nguna. 
After that she visited Havannah harbour, Efaté, and Eramanga, and re- 
turned to Aniwa August 20th. The following day her third trip began, 
in which she took a number of Aniwans to Fotuna, and a number of 
Fotunese over to Aniwa, for a friendly visit. Having taken them back 
to their respective islands, she went to Tana, to enable the missionaries 
there to visit some parts of that island. That done, she took a party of 
Tanese and some Aneityum teachers across to Aneityum. After a few 
days she took them home, and returned to Aneityum September 23rd. 
After lying in harbour for repairs, she started on her fourth and Jast frip, 
