“On the day after, twenty-six men arrived, and requested me once more to pay them a visit before my departure.  I begged the Captain to lend me his boat, which he readily did, as he wished to go along with me; the pilot, surgeon, and six sailors, all well armed, accompanied me.  The captain had dressed himself in his most gaudy apparel, but of this the Esquimaux took no notice.  They asked me if I really intended to come again next year?  I said, Yes, if they did not murder me as they had my countrymen some years before—­they startled, looked to the ground, and remained silent.  I continued, ’I believe you did it through ignorance, but now that I can speak to you, I hope you will never do the like again.’  They promised unanimously that no one should ever receive the least injury from them again.  I said farther, ’When I come back I shall tell you things of the greatest importance, of the God that created you, and that redeemed you; and if you will but believe on him, then shall we live happy together.’  One of them asked if God dwelt in the sun?  I replied, ’God made the sun, and them, and me, and all things.’  Another asked me, if he believed in this Creator, if he would be more successful in his business?  I answered, there was no doubt of it, if he was diligent in his employment; but that the future life was of infinitely greater importance than the present, and it, those who believed on him, trusted in him, and lived according to his will, should enjoy.  Some of them begged me to read again the letter that I had read yesterday; and when I wished to take leave, one of the chief persons among them, the Angekok Seguliak, took me into his tent, and embracing and kissing me, said, ’We are timorous now, but when you come back again we shall meet one another without fear, dread, or suspicion.’  Another came with his drum and began to dance and sing, repeating often, ‘Our friend is come! this makes us glad!’ When he concluded, he asked me to answer him.  I sung, while my heart was touched, this verse in the Greenlandish language, ’Jehovah, Lord of hosts—­the true God—­thou art the Creator of all nature—­the Preserver of the world—­What was ruined thou hast regained by thy blood, and by thy blood must sanctify—­consecrated to thee we fall at thy feet.’  When I had finished, they said, we are without words to express our admiration.  They took their final departure on the 7th, but no sooner had they left the harbour than they began to steal.  I offered, if they would give me a boat with four men, to go again and speak seriously to them, but no one would go with me.”

Sir H. Palliser was so well satisfied with the missionary’s report, that he sent him to Britain in the Lark frigate, to concert measures for carrying his benevolent design into execution.  The Board of Trade, who perceived the immense advantages which would arise from a mission among these tribes, in promoting peace with the natives, and the security of the traders, were anxious to see the brethren established in Labrador; and the Directors of the Unity, under their especial patronage, in the year 1765, undertook a second voyage of inquiry upon the coast.