78 Snapshots from the North Pacife.

the entrance of this long inlet the ship had gathered up her
full complement of passengers and freight. With many
apologies the captain told me he could not then go up the
inlet (two days’ sail there and back), but would proceed
thither on his outward voyage. So I was taken to Victoria,
and stayed at an hotel until she again sailed northward.
Again I embarked. On the voyage we met with frequent storms
which detained the ship at various anchorages, and just
before we reached the entrance of the inlet again the captain

made his apologies, saying that he was extremely sorry (as
he really was) he could not proceed to the head of the inlet,
because of the impatience of the crowd of passengers to reach
their destinations farther along the coast.

“JT was set down eventually at the same point from which
I had embarked, having sailed 1,200 miles, wasted nearly
a month at sea or in an hotel, and spent about £20!”

4 The Bishop succeeded in reaching England just before the
| Anniversary, but his stay was a very brief one. In Septem-
ber of the same year, 1892, he returned to his diocese. .

The year 1893 was marked by much blessing along the
Naas River. At Kincolith there was a great increase of
earnestness, manifested in a desire of the Christian Indians
to reach their heathen brethren. The work begun in the
winter was continued when Archdeacon Collison followed them

to the spring fishing. Many were brought in, backsliders

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reclaimed, and permanent results followed the efforts made.
i" No wonder that the good news so rejoiced the Bishop’s heart
that it improved his bodily health, rendering him once more
able to resume active labour. He wrote in July of that
year :—

“Tt would not be fair for me to tell you the good news I
have heard from the lips of our brethren in the North Pacifie
/ Mission, especially from Archdeacon Collison and Mr.
McCullagh. The story should come from the pens of the
chief actors themselves. It will be no small loss to you if
they find no leisure to record the work of the Holy Spirit
on the Naas River, where the Christians have been power-