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B O W D I T C II ISLAND. 



tree, was the trade-box, and near to it stood the trade-master, measur- 

 ing the fathoms of cloth. On one side were natives, seated with their 

 cocoa-nuts and pigs, and others looking on ; some again sitting aloof, 

 because they could not obtain their price, or the article they wanted ; 

 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. 





TRADING SCENE APIA 



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 H. B. M. sloop of war Favourite. 



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

 has been the means of giving it a fresh impetus. Mr. Heath, who has 

 become the successor to Mr. Williams, has made a cruise with a 

 number of native missionaries, and succeeded in placing them in the 

 very island which was the scene of the massacre, with every prospect 

 of success. 



The Camden was fitting out for another cruise, under the Rev. Mr. 

 Murray, of Tutuila. Captain Hudson pressed upon them the expe- 

 diency of a visit to the island that he had just discovered, Fakaafo or 

 Bowditch ; and it is to be hoped that ere long their enterprise may 



