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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 9

"Gunna

"Gunna

by boat. It is distant from Havannah Harbour about eight or ten miles. The people were very, friendly, and would gladly receive either a missionary or teachers. Dr. Geddie promised them teachers next year. Gunna would also be a good mission station. By means of his boat, a missionary would be within reach of Mau, and also the mainland of Faté opposite. Havannah Harbour would be an excellent mission station, but it does not seem so open yet as the places mentioned above.

"On Wednesday, the 10th November, we left Havannah Harbour and came to Panga, Mr. Cosh's station. The work there is progressing very favorably. All the people of Panga attend church now, and the Erakor people are still standing steadfast.

"On the afternoon of Saturday, the 13th, we reached Eromanga, and landed Mr. Gordon at his station at Portinia Bay. His house is beautifully situated in a lovely and romantic place. Some of the people had been talking of burning his house, and the Christian natives had been watching it to prevent them. No damage, however, was done, except by the rats, which had made an attack on his books, &c. Worship had been conducted in his absence by the natives themselves. Their meeting-place is an old war-cave.

"Having landed Mr. Gordon, we proceeded to Aniwa to take Mrs. M'Nair back to her own station, and on the morning of Tuesday, the 16th November, we found ourselves again in Dillon's Bay,