SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.
>■■ '{From the Sydney Morning Herald.)
"Prom letters received yesterday in Sydney, ? < from the Rev:. J. Jones, of Mare, and Rev. - >•XjK2K Gordon^ we give the following ex-■-^'■traets:^-;"•■"■"'"'■■ •-/■■-■■ . '. ••..
-: - ;;" « Mare,i^veiriber 27.1860. •"-** We" (the Christians) have beep attacked by the heathens: Several of our peeple "were cut to pieces, while ontheir way either '■ on or from 'Mare 1 to preach the Gospel. ■ What the end will be we know not. Our people are" all in anna to defend themse lyes •; ;- y our premises are under nightly watcJi in case1 of an attack!' The measles have also come ambng^ us from N.O. carrying off many, especially the healthy. •■•■■•■■■ • : :-:-■"■".'..■' ■ ; "J. Jones/ '-.•
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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 342, 29 January 1861, Page 4
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109SOUTH SEA ISLANDS. Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 342, 29 January 1861, Page 4
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