between  the  two.  "As  a  proof  of  what  the  missionaries  them-
selves really  think  of  the  Otaheitans,  I  will  give  you  an  extract
of  a  letter  written  by  them  to  a  friend  of  mine.  'The  Pitcairn
islanders  are  arrived,  but  I  am  afraid  their  morals  will  soon  be
corrupted  ty  the  Otaheitans]  "* — Avhom  Mr.  Osmund,  it  will
be  remembered,  described,  in  an  official  report  designed  to
attract  fresh  subscriptions,  as  models  of  "  general  moral  conduct,
correct  scriptural  knowledge,  and  decided  attachment  to  the
gospel."  The  same  writer  adds  the  characteristic  fact,  that  up
to  that  year,  1832,  "more  than  one  hundred  thousand  pounds
sterling  has  been  expended  on  the  missions  to  the  Society
Islands  " — that  is  to  say,  on  the  missionaries  and  their  families.
In  183:1:,  the  London  Missionary  Society,  unable  to  conceal
the  fatal  evidence  which  was  now  multiplying  on  all  sides,
confess  at  last  in  their  annual  report,  "The  tidings  which  have
been  received  by  late  arrivals  have  been  more  unfavorable  than
any."f  And  in  1835,  Mr.  Williams,  whose  career  shall  be
noticed  presently,  and  whose  accounts  of  triumphant  progress
had  exactly  resembled  that  which  has  been  quoted  from  Mr.
