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undertaken to the Esquimaux, upon the plan 

 suggested, conducted with prudence, intre- 

 pedity, and perseverance, can leave little doubt 

 as to its ultimate success. They tied knots 

 upon a sinew thread, tieing a knot for each 

 child as it was named, to inform me, at my 

 request, of the number of children they had 

 belonging to their tribe, and which they would 

 bring to the school for instruction. The num^ 

 ber on the sinew thread was sixty-two boys 

 and sixty-four girls. Whenever I spoke to 

 them about provisions, they uniformly said 

 that they would bring plenty ; but should the 

 establishment be made, a small number of 

 children would at first of course be taken, and 

 increased in proportion as the resources of the 

 country, and the supplies afforded by the 

 Esquimaux towards the support of their chil- 

 dren, were pretty accurately ascertained. It 

 is true that they live in a country, as those do 

 on the Labrador coast, of hopeless barrenness, 

 and endure almost a perpetual winters blast ; 

 but the success of the faithful devoted Mora- 

 vian Missionaries, on the coast of Labrador, 

 and on that of Greenland, in their labours, 

 privations, and perseverance, to impart the 

 knowledge of Christianity, which has been 

 blessed of God to the salvation of the Esqui- 



