system appear most admirably adapted for carrying out all the
different duties of a Church, as it is consistent in all, or nearly
all, particulars, given the one or two leading points on which all
depend. The Church of England here is very much in the position of
any one of those other bodies, Wesleyan, Independent, or
Presbyterian; and though we have a Bishop at the head--of what,
however? Of one individual clergyman! Oh, that we had now a good
working force--twenty or thirty men with some stuff in them; and
there are plenty if they would only come. Meanwhile, France sends
plenty of men; steamers bring them houses, cows for themselves and as
presents for natives--supports the missionary in every way. New
Caledonia is handy for the central school, everything almost that can
be requisite. Never mind; work on, one small life is a mighty
trifling thing considered with reference to those great schemes
overruled by God to bring out of them great ultimate good, no doubt.'

There was an interchange of books between the French and English
priest. Pere Montrouzier lent, and finally gave, Martinet's
'Solution de Grands Problemes,' which Patteson calls 'a very
interesting book, with a great deal of dry humour about it, not
unlike Newman's more recent publications. "It is," he (Montrouzier)
says, "thought very highly of in France." He is a well-read man, I
should imagine, in his line; and that is pretty extensive, for he is
a really scientific naturalist, something of a geologist, a good
botanist, besides having a good acquaintance with ecclesiastical
literature.'

There was the more time for recreation with the Pere's French books,
and the serious work of translating St. Mark's Grospel and part of
the Litany into Lifu, as the inhabitants were all called off from