It would tend to set
at rest an uneasy feeling which at present existed in the country to
know that they were inclined to retain the Polynesians, and teach them
religion."
I feel that comment is unnecessary, and will therefore conclude with one
word of thanks to the reader who may have had the patience to follow me
through my adventures without losing his temper; but with two, for any
who may write at once to the Secretary of the Erewhon Evangelisation
Company, limited (at the address which shall hereafter be advertised),
and request to have his name put down as a shareholder.
_P.S_.--I had just received and corrected the last proof of the
foregoing volume, and was walking down the Strand from Temple Bar to
Charing Cross, when on passing Exeter Hall I saw a number of devout-
looking people crowding into the building with faces full of
interested and complacent anticipation. I stopped, and saw an
announcement that a missionary meeting was to be held forthwith, and
that the native missionary, the Rev. William Habakkuk, from--(the
colony from which I had started on my adventures), would be
introduced, and make a short address. After some little difficulty I
obtained admission, and heard two or three speeches, which were
prefatory to the introduction of Mr.
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