the East Indies for?” — ”ay,” said I, “that I know not, unless it was to preach to the Indians.” — “Doubtless it was,” said he; “and do you think, if I can convert these thirty-seven men to the faith of Jesus Christ, it is not worth my time, though I should never be fetched off the island again? — nay, is it not infinitely of more worth to save so many souls than my life is, or the life of twenty more of the same profession?

Yes, sir,” says he, “I would give God thanks all my days if I could be made the happy instrument of saving the souls of those poor men, though I were never to get my foot off this island or see my native country any more. But since you will honour me with putting me into this work, for which I will pray for you all the days