Chap. XVII.— B. P.] ACCOUNT OP MOSQUITO MISSION. 277 
With a favourable breeze, which lasted all the way 
up to the landing-place, a most unusual occurrence 
with a light trade-wind, which is checked by the land 
—low though it be—intervening between the sea and 
the Lagoon, I was able to make good my promise that 
Ave should arrive under an hour from the ship, and ayg 
at once made our Avay to the mission-house, merely 
paying our respects to the King on our way; but, I 
am sorry to say, without being successful in per¬ 
suading him to accompany us to church. 
Before giving a description of the good and hospi¬ 
table people amongst Avhom we found ourselves, a 
short historical notice of the rise and progress of the 
mission of the United Brethren, or Moravians, on the 
Mosquito Coast may not be out of place. 
The attention of the United Brethren, or Moravians, 
Avas first drawn to the Mosquito shore by the circum¬ 
stance that certain influential friends of the Church 
in Germany Avere interested on behalf of some Prus¬ 
sians Avho had emigrated to that region. These people 
were without any means of religious instruction, and it 
Avas thought that missionary agents, speaking their 
oAvn language, might be useful to them, and at the 
same time convert the ignorant Indian and half-breed 
creoles of the land. 
In 1847, tAVO missionaries, avIio had been employed 
in Jamaica, were sent to ascertain the circumstances 
of the country. They received a warm Avelcome, and 
every attention, both from the native and British au¬ 
thorities, and were commissioned to urge the establish¬ 
ment of a mission. The character of their report Avas 
