. Among the cannibals of New Guinea : being the story of the New Guinea mission of the London Missionary Society . -l, ^^u THE HOME OF THE CANNIBALS. OU are the first boat, remember ! Takecare and make fast; we will follow andhelp to tow in. These words wereuttered by the son of an old cannibal,at the valedictory meeting held at Lifu,on the eve of our departure to establishthe New Guinea Mission ; and theywere uttered amidst great enthusiasmThe speaker was describing the process of catchingwhales, with which the people were familiar, as thewhaling ships came annually to Lifu, and many of theyo
. Among the cannibals of New Guinea : being the story of the New Guinea mission of the London Missionary Society . -l, ^^u THE HOME OF THE CANNIBALS. OU are the first boat, remember ! Takecare and make fast; we will follow andhelp to tow in. These words wereuttered by the son of an old cannibal,at the valedictory meeting held at Lifu,on the eve of our departure to establishthe New Guinea Mission ; and theywere uttered amidst great enthusiasmThe speaker was describing the process of catchingwhales, with which the people were familiar, as thewhaling ships came annually to Lifu, and many of theyoung men were employed as boats crews during theseason. He was one of the seniors in the institution 7 8 AMONG THE CANNIBALS. for the training of pastors and pioneer evangelists, andhe was addressing four of his fellow-students, whom Ihad selected, with four of the native pastors, to be thepioneers of our New Guinea Mission. His father hadbeen the kings orator in heathen times, whose busi-ness it was to address the multitude on feast daysand great occasions, and he was a powerful and verypopular speaker. The s
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