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...Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pub... ...tion Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ... way. Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...n g e Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A ACE CE CE C... ... to become teachers to their countrymen. He had lately estab- lished, near Auckland, for the sons of the colonists, St. John’s College, which in 1850 ... ...that the Bishop had come, for he knew every vessel that had ever come into Auckland harbour, and was sure this barque had never been there before; yet... ...hole neighbourhood but Archdeacon Abraham. Then he describes the aspect of Auckland from the sea:— ‘It looks much like a small sea-side town, but not ... ...o o’clock I started with the Bishop for the College, nearly six miles from Auckland. ‘The Bishop is at a kind of collegiate establishment on the outsk... .... ‘The Bishop is at a kind of collegiate establishment on the outskirts of Auckland, where Mr. Kissling, a clergyman, is the resident, and thither I g...

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... smarter trader, and none 7 Island Nights’ Entertainments dodgier, in the islands. I thought Falesa seemed to be the right kind of a place; and the m... ...ounted a white man, and so is a Chinese! a strange idea, but common in the islands. It was a board house with a strip of rickety verandah. The store w... ...d the devil anyone looked near me, and from all I knew of natives in other islands I thought this strange. People laughed a little at our firm and the... ...in, you no take him.” Now I had heard much the same sort of story in other islands, and the same white powder always to the front, which made me think... ...s, and the sight was so new to me – for things went quite different in the islands I was acquainted with – that I stayed and looked on. The congregati... ...t they would be in a white man’s country, though Ben took the eldest up to Auckland, where he’s being schooled with the best. But what bothers me is t...

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...rested; the woman I sat next looked a full-blood native, and it was in the prettiest and readiest English that she sang the hymns; back to Moors’, whe... ...his last; he proved incapable and drunken; the gallant Henry, who had never driven before, and knew nothing about horses—except the rats and weeds tha... ...e I did, in a prophetic spirit. I had made sure Fanny was not fit to be left alone, and wrote before turning in a letter to Chalmers, telling him I co... ...il of romance. The shovelsof New- 36 Robert Louis Stevenson ton French will be the name. The idea is an old one; it was brought to birth by an accide... ...ve had two hard months at fic- tion; I want a change. Stevensons?I am expecting some more material; perhaps better wait. Samoa; rather tempt- ing; mig... ...cle which had been quoted in a pa- per. Went on board and saw Captain Bourke; he did not even know—not even guess—why he was here; having been sent of... ...to comment upon. They were infernally satisfactory; so, and perhaps still more so, was a letter I had at the same time from Lord Pembroke. If I have t... ...g; after the first meal, having gauged the kind of jests that would pay here, I observed, ‘Boswell is Barred during this cruise. ’ 153 V ailima Lette... ...racket which I meant to have enclosed in this… . Had some splendid photos taken, like- wise a medallion by a French sculptor; met Graham, who returne...

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... been offered a government appointment connected 7 Yo n g e with the Fiji Islands, and then that, glad to escape from the dreariness which had settle... ...rice and Phyllis will meet.’ ‘It depends on whether the Zenobia touches at Auckland before going to the Fijis,’ said Lady Merrifield. ‘There is at lea... ...nd the only objection I have to it is his having taken that appointment at Auckland, and carried her out of reach of any of us. However, it was better... ...d, and there had been time for letters to come from Mr. Mohun, posted from Auckland, New Zealand, where he had made a halt with his sister, Mrs. Harry... ...ere very expensive, and it was too uncertain whether Mr. Mohun would be at Auckland. Surely, Lady Merrifield, whose hus- band was shaking the pagoda t... ...o her about her father’s voyage, last letters, and intended departure from Auckland, but Valetta kept fast hold of his other hand, and the others were... ...rrifield?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘But your father is living?’ ‘Yes, but he is in the Fiji Islands.’ ‘Will you favour us with his exact name?’ ‘Maurice Devereux Mohun... ...olonel Mohun had immediately telegraphed to him at the address in the Fiji Islands.’ ‘Has any answer been received?’ ‘No!’ but Colonel Mohun had a cur... ...to spend the intermediate time in a scientific cruise among the Polynesian Islands; but the letters he had found awaiting him at Vanua Levu had con- v...

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...in Christie’s catalogue as follows: “A nude woman, a native of the Society Islands, is lying on the ground beside a brook. Behind is a tropical Landsc... ...etting out with I know not what fancies in his lonely soul for the unknown islands which fired his imagination. I liked the picture of him starting at... ...because he was a painter ,” he told me. “We don’t get many painters in the islands, and I was sorry for him because he was such a bad one. I gave him ... ...s. He worked his passage on a sailing vessel that was making the trip from Auckland to San Francisco, and he arrived with a box of paints, an easel, a... ... ‘they’ve all got a wife somewhere; that is generally why they come to the islands. Ata is a sensible girl, and she doesn’t expect any ceremony before... ...was mad, but it turns out that I was right. I was his first admirer in the islands.” He smiled maliciously at Tiare, and with lam- entations she told ...

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... ness which, by description, so well I knew of sunset in those West Indian islands from which my father was returning— the knowledge that he returned ... ...e north pole; the King of Owhyhee, at- tended by chieftains from the other islands of that cluster; Col. M’P ., on his return from the war in Ashantee... ...ent regions— names as yet unknown in Europe; the governor of the Lee- ward Islands, on departing for the West Indies; various depu- tations with petit... ...he West Indies; various depu- tations with petitions, addresses, &c., from islands in remote quarters of the globe, amongst which we distinguished tho... ... Fuego, from the Christian churches in the Society, Friendly, and Sandwich Islands—as well as other groups less known in the South Seas; Admiral H. A.... ...from the era of 1660. Circumstantial notices of these may be found in Lord Auckland’s (Sir Frederic Eden’s) large work on the poor laws. That to York,...

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... of that kind?’ ‘It came of itself. Who’s the man that says that we’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding?’ ‘He’s... ... you are working for. I know such little heavens that I could take you to,—islands tucked away under the Line. You sight them after weeks of crashing ... ...re’s no pose in the matter at all. It’s a fact. I was loafing from Lima to Auckland in a big, old, con- demned passenger-ship turned into a cargo-boat... ... for fear of catching a storm. So he did his best to knock all the Society Islands out of the water one by one, and I went into the lower deck, and di...

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...es, and every one that is worth anything. I say, Ave, when I go out to the islands, you are coming too?’ ‘Oh yes! I know I could do a great deal. If n... ...ould sometimes hope a spark had been lit that would shine some day in your islands, Harry.’ Going up that hill was not the place for Etheldred May to ... ...at did you do, the day you walked him to Cocksmoor? he was fuller of those islands than ever after it.’ ‘I did not mean it,’ said Ethel; ‘but the firs... ...ld enough to build up the market-cross, or else of going to see the Feejee Islands. ‘Then you understood the prisoner not to express a delib- erate pu... ... and would apply for me as his first lieutenant, if I liked to look up the islands again. So, if you have any commissions for Norman, I’m your man. ‘A... ...meant you were to wait till the right one turned up. Why, if I had been at Auckland, would you have cried till I came home?’ ‘Oh, I’m sorry I was sill... ...d old building, or allowing its superiority—either to papa’s own church or Auckland Cathedral. They took him to present to Mary on their way back from...

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...lumes on the ‘Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs;’ on the ‘Volcanic Islands visited during the Voyage of the Beagle;’ and on the ‘Geology of So... ...slow has pub- lished a list of the plants collected by me at the Keel- ing Islands; and the Reverend J. M. Berkeley has described my cryptogamic plant... ...T, June 9, 1845 THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE CHAPTER I ST. JAGO — CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS Porto Praya — Ribeira Grande — Atmospheric Dust with Infusoria — Ha... ...s, non-volcanic — Sin- gular Incrustations —Insects the first Colonists of Islands — Fernando Noronha —Bahia — Burnished Rocks — Habits of a Diodon — ... ...on of which has caused here, as at St. Hel- ena, and at some of the Canary islands, almost en- tire sterility. The broad, flat-bottomed valleys, many ... ... in 46 degs., where orchideous plants are parasitical on the trees. In the Auckland Islands, ferns, according to Dr. Dieffenbach* have trunks so thick...

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...nga infirmitate decoctus—on the 14th of April, 1345, Richard de Bury died at Auckland, and was buried in Durham Ca thedral. Dominus Ricardus de Bury... ... has passed by Paris, and now has happily come to Britain, the most noble of islands, nay, rather a microcosm in itself, that she may show herself a d... ...BURY, LATE BISHOP OF DURHAM. THIS TREATISE WAS FINISHED IN OUR MANORHOUSE OF AUCKLAND ON THE 24TH DAY OF JANUARY, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND...

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...rees 20' west, and consequently at no very great distance from the Bermuda Islands. Augustus therefore endeavored to console himself with the idea tha... ...be understood, a ship was to be intercepted on her way from the Cape V erd Islands to Porto Rico. No attention was paid to Augustus, who was untied an... ...e, agreeing in no point, except the attack on the ship from the Cape V erd Islands, with which they were in hourly expectation of meet- ing. As far as... ...l which should present itself, and equipping it at some of the W est India Islands for a piratical cruise. The latter division, however, which was the... ...lt on the world of novelty and amusement to be found among the innumerable islands of the Pacific, on the perfect security and freedom from all re- st... ...d, too, that most of them were similar to the fish about the group of Lord Auckland Islands, in a latitude as low as fifty-one degrees south. The Gall...

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...nd sighed: — “From the Virgins my mid-sea course was ta’en Over a thousand islands lost in an idle main, Where the sea-egg flames on the coral and the... ...Earnest for leave to live and labour well, God flung me peace and ease. AUCKLAND Last, loneliest, loveliest, exquisite, apart — On us, on us the u... ...d where none have sailed, Kipling 184 And saw the land-lights burning On islands none have hailed; Our hair stood up for wonder, But, when the nigh... ...e you drink with me To the men of the Four New Nations, And the Islands of the Sea — To the last least lump of coral That none m... ... (Dear boys!), Take tea with the giddy Masai. We’ve painted The Islands vermilion, We’ve pearled on half-shares in the Bay, We’ve shouted ... ...dern notions, I found her first and best — The only certain packet for the Islands of the Blest. Fair held the breeze behind us — ’twas warm with love...

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...ng to Calcutta, he had fallen in with a party about to explore the Asiatic islands and he had accompanied them, as well as going on an expedition into... ...ng to be tried by court-martial for liv- ing with the King of the Cannibal Islands.” “Aubrey says he had a desert island, with Jennings for his man Fr... ...of news I picked up there!” “Aunt Flora!” “Did you not know he had been at Auckland?” said Dr. May. “Aunt Flora had to nurse him well after all he had... ...un- derstanding his adventures, as it had been written at inter- vals from Auckland, and the papers, passing from one to the other, formed the text fo... ... going to refit, and take in provisions and water at one of the Milanesian islands, before returning for further captures. The master was a man of the... ...he Samoans, it was further explained, are the inhabitants of the Navigator Islands, who, having been converted by the Church Missionary Society, have ... ...eave of her, and of his dear David, and sailed by the first packet leaving Auckland. “I never knew what the old Great Bear was to me till I saw him ag... ...ould never make another. Where could you have picked it up?” “At a shop at Auckland,” said Harry, much amused. “Kept by a savage?” said T om, to whom ... ...ay a letter from Margaret, and another which Harry had written to him from Auckland. “Oh, Harry , you were with him,” he said; “tell me all about him....

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...n, and Dolores wear- ing a certain crimson ulster, which she had bought in Auckland for her homeward voyage, and which her cousins had chosen to dub a... ...d on convoking the neighbourhood to be stirred in the cause of the Pacific islands. At the same time, one of the many letters from Lady Rotherwood abo... ...f reach. Then Leonard Ward simply and bluntly told facts about the Pacific islands and islanders, that set hearts throbbing, and impelled more than on...