Excerpt from Stranger Than Fiction Standing on the gallery of one of the bastions of the neighbouring fort, in full view of the whole scene, is one whose heart might well have fainted within him at the sight he has witnessed. He is a Missionary schoolmaster and catechist - Mr. William Duncan, a name now familiar as a house hold word to philanthropists and travellers through out the civilized world. He has just landed from England, and in the painted savages before him he sees his future pupils and catechumens. With what feelings does he regard that scene? The bright hopes and sanguine anticipations which lured him from home, and friends, and country will they survive the rude shock of this first contact with the actual work to be done? The visions of docile scholars, earnest converts, and devout wor shippers hastening to the newly-built house of God. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.