BOW DITCH ISLAND. 



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and others watching their opportunity to obtain a small reward for 

 some service. The vignette is from a sketch by Mr. Agate, of one of 

 these parties at Apia. 



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SCENE. A?Ii 



The missionaries were as attentive as formerly to the officers, and 

 gave them every facility that lay in their power of spending their 

 time usefully. They have been making progress in their efforts to 

 civilize these natives, by establishing schools, and stimulating them 

 to improve their condition. Almost every village now has its sub- 

 stantial whitewashed church, which also serves for a school-house ; 

 and, from the reports, both continue to be well attended. Some 

 improvements were seen to have taken place in the dwellings, the 

 arrangement of the interior having a more civilized look, not only 

 from the numerous articles of European manufacture, but in an im- 

 proved state of ventilation. The cattle and horses were on the 

 increase, and there are few natives but have supplies of pigs, poultry, 

 and the vegetables of the island. 



In the account of my visit to this island the year previous, I have 

 mentioned the intention of Mr. Williams to extend the missionary 

 field to the groups west of the Feejees, and had occasion to refer to 

 his melancholy end in carrying out this intention, and the recovery 

 of his bones by the Favourite, sloop of war. 



That occurrence, instead of damping the ardour of the survivors, 



