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CHAPTER XVII. 
ME. MIEETSCHING.—ACCOUNT OP MOSQUITO MISSION.— THE KAMA 
INDIANS.-LAST CENSUS RETURNS, 1868.- A MOEAVIAN 
CHUECH.-HISTOEY OP THE MOEAVIANS. — THEIE FOEM 01? 
GOVEENMENT.-THE ‘ MESSENGER OP PEACE/ 
“ Who would like to come on shore to church this 
morning ? ” said I to a number of officers who were 
early on deck, enjoying the bright, clear weather, so 
different to that of Grey Town. There was consider¬ 
able hesitation: first, because the experience of the 
navigation of Blewfields Lagoon was not a pleasant 
one; and, secondly, because the service on board, 
simple though it was, seemed to many of the officers 
preferable to the Methodistical rant which no doubt 
would be preached to a parcel of negroes, the effluvia 
from whom, moreover, if at all similar to a Baptist 
meeting in Jamaica, must be overpowering. 
Of course, I could not combat this notion from 
personal experience, never having attended service in 
a Moravian church; my knowledge of the Society 
being limited to one of the Brethren who accom- 
