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Updated: May 13, 2025
We have had good breezes yesterday and to-day very welcome it is, but the motion makes writing too much labour. Brooke and Edward Wogale are both unwell ague, I believe, with both of them; and Brooke's nerves are upset. He has slept most of to-day, and will probably be the better for it..... His private journal adds: 'September 21st. Buried the Bishop in the morning.
Brooke and Wogale down with ague; gave Wogale ipecacuanha and quinine afterwards. Read Mota prayers in evening. All wounds going on well. Finished "Chaplet of Pearls," and wrote a little. 'Sunday, 24th. This morning the wind went round to N.E. and N. and then died away. We were 55 miles W. of the Torres Islands at noon. Brooke took English and Mota morning Prayers.
'Many of our Melanesians have their classes here, and we can form an opinion of their available knowledge, how far they can reproduce what they know, &c. We can see, too, whether they exercise any influence over the younger ones. He knew much more than I expected: "Who taught you all this? I am very well pleased." "Wogale," was the answer.
Reading Hebrew with Mr. Atkin, or studying Isaiah alone, had been the special recreation throughout the voyage. His scholar Edward Wogale has given a touch of that last morning of the 20th: 'And as we were going to that island where he died, but were still in the open sea, he schooled us continually upon Luke ii. iii. up to vi., but he left off with us with his death.
'Wogale suffered much from his eyes; and the labour ships were frequently on the coast all the three varieties: the fairly conducted one with a Government agent on board; the "Snatch-snatch," which only inveigled, but did not kill without necessity; and the "Kill-kill," which absolutely came head-hunting. It was a dreary eleven weeks.
Codrington and the other clergy make their periodic voyages in the 'Southern Cross. Kohimarama flourishes under George Sarawia, who was ordained Priest at Auckland on St. Barnabas Day, 1873. Bishop Cowie has paid a visit to Norfolk Island, and ordained as Deacons, Edward Wogale, Robert Pantatun, Henry Tagalana, to work in Mota, Santa Maria, and Ara.
I celebrated Holy Communion afterwards. John came into cabin; I went out to Stephen. 'Brooke and Wogale both better, but B quite weak. During that Celebration, while administering the Sacred Elements, Mr. Atkin's tongue stumbled and hesitated over some of the words. Then the Mota men looked at one another, and knew what would follow. 'I do not know. Then he said again, 'It is all right.
'I can't take strong exercise, and that is a privation. It did me good, and I feel the want of it; but I am much better than I was a year or ten months ago, and I do my work very fairly, and get about better than I expected. Remember me kindly to Mrs. Atkin and Mary, and believe me to be 'Your very sincere Friend, Mr. Brooke and Edward Wogale had had a far more trying sojourn at Florida.
The older scholars, almost all of whom are Banks Islanders, talk and arrange among themselves plans for helping natives of the islands. Thus Edward Wogale, of Mota, volunteers to go to Anudha, 300 or 400 miles off, to stay there with his friend Charles Sapinamba of that island, to aid him in working among his people. Edward is older and knows more than Charles.
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