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CHArTEE VIII. 
CHRISTIAN MISSIONS. 
In tlie preceding' chapters, little has heeii said of the 
operations of the Baptist JMissionary Society, hut it is 
our intention now to devote a few pages to a desci'ip- 
tion of the various stations occupied liy the Society’s 
agents. 
In Port of Spain, when the IMission was first com- 
menced in 1843, Mr. Co wen occupied a small ])lace at 
Corheau Town, a part of Port of Spain to tlie Avestward 
•of the town, ciiiefly peojded hy the poorer classe.s, 
fshermen and hoatmen. Here he lahoured for some 
time, and at Corheau Town baptized his first convert. 
INfaria Jones is a natHe of Africa, she was stolen from 
her home Avhen cpiite young, and hronght as a slave 
to this islantl ; she lived on an estate for a nuniher of 
years, until emancipation set lier free from the will 
of her master. 
IMaria Junes learned to read Avlieii she Avas about 
sixty years of age. As soon as tlie school door Avas 
opened, Maria Avas there, hook in hand, anxious to he 
taught hy any and eA'ery one avIio could instruct her. 
She might often have been seen sitting jiatiently on 
the form, intently listening to the teaching of a child, 
Avho Avas only just a little more tamiliar Avith the 
alphabet than herself. The reason of her great anxiety 
to read Avas no mere desire to obtain secular knoAv- 
ledge, hut an earnest unsatiahle craAung to read about 
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