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Chap. XVII.—B.P.] THE ‘MESSENGER OF PEACE.’ 
Greenland. 
Stations. 
6 
In Congre¬ 
gations. 
1,787 
North America and Labrador 
8 . 
1,257 
British West Indies 
32 . 
26,964 
Banish West Indies . 
8 . 
6,062 
South America—in Surinam . 
12 . 
24,760 
Mosquito Coast. 
6 . 
662 
South Africa. 
12 . 
8,755 
Australia. 
2 . 
56 
N.W. India (for Tibet) . . 
2 . 
8 
88 
As travelling in Mosquito must be, 
70,311 
to a great 
extent, performed by water, and communication with 
the rest of the world takes place chiefly through Grey- 
town, the procuring of suitable boats and vessels 
became at an early perio'd a matter of importance to 
the missionaries. Their first vessel seems to have been 
merely a canoe, in which they could traverse the in¬ 
land navigation. But the necessity of a larger craft for 
communication with Greytown, especially when the 
mail-boat ceased to ply regularly between Blewfields 
and that port, made itself increasingly felt. Accord¬ 
ingly the missionaries set to work, and a curious non¬ 
descript, facetiously called a schooner, was constructed 
by building upon a large canoe. She was launched 
in November, 1858, and called the ‘Messenger of 
Peace,’ a most appropriate name in more than one 
sense. However, the Brethren were very proud of 
their handiwork, and have always looked with no 
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