to the young cousin whose Confirmation day had been notified to him
in time to be thought of in his prayers:--


'Off San Cristoval: October 5, 1857.

'My dearest Pena,--It was in a heathen land, among a heathen people,
that I passed the Sunday--a day most memorable in your life--on which
I trust you received for the first time the blessed Sacrament of our
Saviour's Body and Blood.

'My darling--,as I knelt in the chiefs house, upon the mat which was
also my bed--the only Christian in that large and beautiful island--
my prayers were, I hope, offered earnestly that the full blessedness
of that heavenly Union with the Lord Jesus Christ, and in Him with
the Father and the Holy Ghost, might rest upon you for ever. I had
reckoned upon being on board that Sunday, when the Holy Eucharist was
administered on board our vessel; but as we reached Mwaata, our well-
known village at San Cristoval, on Saturday, we both agreed that I
had better go ashore while the vessel went away, to return for me on
Monday. My day was now passed strangely enough, my first Sunday in a
land where no Sunday is known.

'It was about 3 P.M. on Saturday when I landed, and it was an effort
to have to talk incessantly till dark. Then the chief Iri went with
me to his house. It is only one oblong room, with a bamboo screen
running halfway across it about half-way down the room. It is only
made of bamboo at the sides, and leaves for the roof. Yams and other
vegetables were placed along the sides. There is no floor, but one
or two grass mats are placed on the ground to sleep on. Iri and his