. Among the cannibals of New Guinea : being the story of the New Guinea mission of the London Missionary Society . wing to the dangerous characterof the navigation, so that we had to go in boats, therebeing no one to introduce us, and we utterly ignorantof the language of the people, and they of ours. Theteachers, as usual, worked well. They soon gainedthe confidence of the people, who assisted them inerecting good houses and chapels ; after which theirwives joined them, and commenced work amongstthe women. They suffered however, as in the PortMoresby and western districts, from the deadly fev
. Among the cannibals of New Guinea : being the story of the New Guinea mission of the London Missionary Society . wing to the dangerous characterof the navigation, so that we had to go in boats, therebeing no one to introduce us, and we utterly ignorantof the language of the people, and they of ours. Theteachers, as usual, worked well. They soon gainedthe confidence of the people, who assisted them inerecting good houses and chapels ; after which theirwives joined them, and commenced work amongstthe women. They suffered however, as in the PortMoresby and western districts, from the deadly feverof the country. Some died, others had to be removed ;and I was obliged to give up all hope of finding suit-able localities in New Guinea for our South Sea Is-lands teachers. It became painfully evident that NewGuinea must be evangelized, if evangelized at all, by 8o AMONG THE CANNIBALS. New Guineans. The responsibility of bringing SouthSea islanders to a place where half of them died wastoo great, hence my resolve to establish the PapuanInstitute, and train a native agency from amongstthe people Y object was to found an that should be worthy theLondon Missionary Societyand the New Guinea Mission,and work it on somewhatdifferent Hnes from similarinstitutions in the South Seas,so as to meet the peculiar wants of this mission ; vi:;.to assemble promising young men and boys fromdifferent points of the mission, speaking differentlanguages, at a central station ; and there, removedfrom their evil surroundings and family influences,teach them, making the English language and an indus-trial school prominent features in the course of their 8i 82 AMONG THE CANNIBALS. instruction. Like most schemes that verge fromthe beaten track, it met with considerable opposi-tion, being declared impracticable, Utopian, etc.,which led to difficulty and delay in obtaining thesanction of the directors. But as in my recommenda-tion to provide a small steamer for pioneering work
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