76 Snapshots from the North Pacife.

ing. They did not tell our Mission party of it, who
heard of it accidentally. I saw Mrs. Ridley slip out
of the room every afternoon, and heard her leave the
house. Curiosity led me to inquire the meaning of it. Thus
I learnt of their love forme. I knew it was there before, but
not to this affecting extent. I suppose I was weak at the
time, which accounts for the narrow escape I had from tears.
It was some time before I recovered from the melting mood.
No pastor at home could be better loved I think.”

In 1893 the Bishop wrote to the 8.P.G. on his return to
his diocese from England, and an extract from the letter
will show that the maintenance of the Hvangeline proving too
costly, she had to be relinquished, and passages taken in any
steamers that might be plying up and down the coast—a
proceeding which, it will be seen, was not always satisfactory !

“In. the spring, as soon as the doctor thought me suffi-
ciently recovered from a long attack of inflammation of the
lungs, brought on by long exposure to inclement weather, he
sent me off for a year’s rest and change, recommending
California. But I chose the old country, and spent four
months there, of which three were spent in inactivity caused
by extreme debility.

“T returned within the six months to my post, but very
unfit for work, waiting for the healing hand of Him Who has
been more precious to me than ever before. Because I have
been unfit te buffet with storms, I have not attempted to use
my own open boats in visitation, but did the best I could
by taking my chances on the trading vessels that ply on
these waters. My own diocesan steamer, my Hvangeline, I
was forced—shall I confess the truth?—by poverty to sell.
Could I have kept her, [ should, I think, be hale now instead
of an invalid. I had to choose between the extension of the
Gospel, and a safe and expeditious means of keeping in
touch with our work and workers that has cost me from £200
to £400 per annum, and with occasional costly repairs some-
times exceeding my income.

“My last effort to reach Mr. Price, working among the