some little way from shore, he ran down the beach, and made us return
to take him in. Gradual decline and chronic bronchitis wore him to a
skeleton. On Thursday the Bishop and I administered the Holy
Eucharist to him; and he died at 3 A.M. to-day, with his hand in
mine, as I was in the act of commending his soul to God. His wife, a
sweet good girl, one of Mrs. Selwyn's pupils from Nengone in old
times, died last year. They leave one boy of three years, whom I
hope to get hold of entirely, and as it were adopt him.

'The clear bright moon was right over my head as after a while, and
after prayer with his friends, I left his room; the quiet splash of
the tiny waves on our sheltered shore, and the little schooner at her
anchorage: and I thanked God that one more spirit from among the
Melanesian islanders was gone to dwell, we trust, with JESUS CHRIST
in Paradise.

'He will not be much missed in the Melanesian school work, for, for
months, he could not make one of us....

'I find Trench's Notes on the Authorised Version of the New Testament
very useful, chiefly as helping one to acquire a habit of accurate
criticism for oneself, and when we come (D.V.) to translate any
portion of the Scriptures, of course such books are very valuable.'

'Last mail brought me but a very few letters. The account of my dear
Father's being obliged to submit to discipline did not alarm me,
though I know the nature of the disease, and that his father died of
it. It seems in his case likely to be kept under, but (as I have
said before) I cannot feel uneasy and anxious about him, be the
accounts what they may. It is partly selfish, for I am spared the