 of driving the cows to pasture on the old farm in New England; but
times have changed since then. So she retains the seat and bawls out, »Hookee!
hookee!« (pull, pull). The old gentleman, frightened at the sound, labours away
harder than ever; and the younger one makes a great show of straining himself,
but takes care to keep one eye on his mistress, in order to know when to dodge
out of harm's way. At last the good lady loses all patience; »Hookee! hookee!«
and rap goes the heavy handle of her huge fan over the naked skull of the old
savage; while the young one shies to one side and keeps beyond its range.
»Hookee! hookee!« again she cries - »Hookee tata kannaka!« (pull strong, men) -
but all in vain, and she is obliged in the end to dismount and, sad necessity!
actually to walk to the top of the hill.
    At the town where this paragon of humility resides, is a spacious and
elegant American chapel, where divine service is regularly performed. Twice
every Sabbath toward the close of the exercises may be seen a score or two of
little waggons ranged along the railing in front of the edifice, with two
squalid native footmen in the livery of nakedness standing by each, and waiting
for the dismission of the congregation to draw their superiors home.
    Lest the slightest misconception should arise from anything thrown out in
this chapter, or indeed in any other part of the volume, let me here observe,
that against the cause of missions in the abstract no Christian can possibly be
opposed; it is in truth a just and holy cause. But if the great end proposed by
it be spiritual, the agency employed to accomplish that end is purely earthly;
and, although the object in view be the achievement of much good, that agency
may nevertheless be productive of evil. In short, missionary undertaking,
however it may be blessed of Heaven, is in itself but human; and subject, like
everything else, to errors and abuses. And have not errors and abuses crept into
the most sacred places, and may there not be unworthy or incapable missionaries
abroad, as well as ecclesiastics of a similar character at home? May not the
unworthiness or incapacity of those who assume apostolic functions upon the
remote islands of the sea more easily escape detection by the world at large
than if it were displayed in the heart of a city? An unwarranted confidence in
the sanctity of its apostles - a proneness to regard them as incapable
