John G. Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides, volume 2 (of 3)

A missionary recounts voyages between colonial ports and island stations, fundraising visits at home, and the founding of a remote mission settlement. The narrative blends travel anecdotes and shipboard incidents with encounters among Indigenous communities, describing rituals, superstition, resistance, and gradual conversions that lead to schools, churches, and new social arrangements. It also covers tensions with colonial and commercial forces, debates within missionary bodies, moments of danger and comic relief, a selection of personal letters and reflections, and the practical labors of building homes, training converts, and sustaining a fragile mission community.