110 A ViSlT TO THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



Mb own personal <lefence, bj an unnecessary parade of 

 tlie letter, rather tliaa the spirit of Cliristitimty. What- 

 ever maj become our bounden dutj, when a ca^e has 

 actually arisen, let the missionary assure liimself that^ 

 even if iaureh could bo gained in aucli collisions, we 

 desire to reap none tljrougli his inconsistent or ill-timed 

 froTvardness ; that while we rejoice, as fcllow-membera 

 of the household of faith, to co-operate with, him in every 

 land, we accept it not aa *i pleasure, nor willingly as a 

 duty, unless it tends to tlie magtiifyino^ of his offiee 

 rather than of himseif. 



I have alluded to the tragical end of Sen or Amai-ai, 

 which took place not very long after this event, I 

 subjoin the particulars;, which have now painful interest 



The position of Macao is on the small peuinsida which 

 projects fi'om the large inlands of Hiangshan, and is about 

 eight miles iit circumference. The narrow isthmus^ 

 com^ecting Macao with the remainder of the island, is 

 more than a mile in length, and a banior wall runs ac!"oss 

 its narrowest part. Along this isthmus the Governor 

 itsed to ride almost every day. 



On tlie evening of the 22nd August, 1S49, he was 

 taking his usual rido. He had passed tJti'ough the harrier 

 gate, and, having given a quarter- dollar to an infirm 

 old China woman, a pensioner on hia Ijounty, was 

 quietly proceeding homewartb in conversation with Ms 

 aide-de-camp, when he encountered a party of Chinamen, 

 about three hundred yards from the barrier gate, coming 



