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proached Resolution Island, and the waters of the 

 Atlantic opened to us with the encouraging pro- 

 spect of having more sea room to encounter any 

 storms that we might afterwards meet with. As 

 we left the barren rugged shores of the Straits, 

 and the chain of rocks terminating in ragged 

 points on the coast of Labrador, there was a 

 general spirit of congratulation ; and the pro- 

 spect of crossing the great Western Ocean in 

 safety raised in my mind the ascription of 

 praise uttered by the Psalmist, " Praise the Lord, 

 O my soul, and forget not all his benefits." 



Oct. 4. — We were off Cape Farewell, South 

 Greenland, with strong gales of wind. This 

 point called to my mind the labours of the 

 Moravian Missionaries who had formed several 

 settlements, the most southern of which I be- 

 lieve is Lichterau, among the Greenlanders, 

 under far greater difficulties, than are likely to 

 assail the Missionary, in his attempt to form an 

 establishment for the instruction of the same 

 race of people in the principles of divine truth 

 on the shores of Hudson's Bay, with the aid and 

 co-operation of the Hudson's Bay Company. 

 These pious, simple, devoted Missionaries, have 

 proved that missions to the heathen on the 

 most inhospitable and barren shores are not 

 visionary schemes, but succeed effectually under 



