The  city  of  Eio  is  of  French  origin.  The  Portuguese  had  at
tempted  no  settlement  in  its  neighborhood  when  Villegagnon,  in
1555,  began,  under  the  auspices  of  Coligny,  to  found  a  Protest
ant  colony  there.  On  the  return  of  his  vessels,  large  numbers,
including  ministers  and  students,  embarked,  like  the  Pilgrim
Fathers  of  the  North,  to  escape  from  religious  intolerance.  But.
alas  for  poor  human  nature !  while  unmolested  without,  quarrels
began  within — and  such  quarrels  will  ever  begin  and  never  end
while  any  one  class  of  fallible  mortals  are  permitted  to  dictate  to
others  what  they  shall  believe  or  disbelieve.  Doubts  and  dis
putes  arose  about  the  real  presence,  diluting  the  wine,  using  salt
and  oil  in  baptism,  etc.  These  things,  apparently  sanctioned  by
Yillegagnon,  were  denounced  as  rank  popery,  and  the  dissen
tients  celebrated  the  sacrament  as  rigid  Calvinists  did  in  France.
