290 DOTTINGS ON THE ROADSIDE. [Chap. XVII.— B.P. 
small affection on their Noah’s ark. She has done 
good service, no douht, hut it soon appeared that for 
the coast navigation a more correctly constructed and 
safer vessel was requisite. This being observed by 
the present writer on one of his exploring journeys, 
a subscription was set on foot by him among friends 
in England, which resulted in his procuring and tak¬ 
ing out a suitable boat. This has, however, been 
broken up by the hurricane. The old schooner, 
called ‘The Messenger of Peace,’ is still in existence, 
but is so crazy and unsafe that a new vessel is abso¬ 
lutely necessary. Towards providing for the ex¬ 
pense of this, an effort is being made by subscrip¬ 
tions, especially among friends in North America, and 
it is hoped that sufficient funds will this time be ob¬ 
tained to buy a schooner worthy the name,—a ‘ Mes¬ 
senger of Peace ’ of course, but one able to face the 
storm if needed. 
