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Further disaster met them ; they were reduced to one ship and forty - seven men ;
yet they carried his plans to a triumphant issue and reached home by way of the
Cape of Good Hope . The next adventurer to sail across the Pacific was Francis ...
Further disaster met them ; they were reduced to one ship and forty - seven men ;
yet they carried his plans to a triumphant issue and reached home by way of the
Cape of Good Hope . The next adventurer to sail across the Pacific was Francis ...
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The most tense and thrilling experience of the weeks that followed was at
Malekula . When they dropped anchor the canoes came round the ship with
things to sell , and the Bishops landed and met with friendliness on all sides .
Next morning ...
The most tense and thrilling experience of the weeks that followed was at
Malekula . When they dropped anchor the canoes came round the ship with
things to sell , and the Bishops landed and met with friendliness on all sides .
Next morning ...
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When the Southern Cross arrived , and Patteson had been shown over the ship
by Captain Tilly , he made only one criticism : they had made his own cabin too
comfortable . But his cabin became a hospital for many sick natives . The very ...
When the Southern Cross arrived , and Patteson had been shown over the ship
by Captain Tilly , he made only one criticism : they had made his own cabin too
comfortable . But his cabin became a hospital for many sick natives . The very ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Patteson of Melanesia: A Brief Life of John Coleridge Patteson, Missionary Bishop |
| Author | Frank Hume Lyall Paton |
| Publisher | Society for promoting Christian knowledge |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 6 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 209 pages |
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