A KIDNAPPING DODGE.
The following facts are copied from the London Literary World, of October 20th. and may not be uninteresting to our readers: —I have given some specimens of the sort of way, things are managed amongst the islands, and the complaint the chiefs and others made me during my recent cruise ; but the traders have resorted to a cleverer dodge for filling their vessels, which, however, can only be practised once at the same part of the island. Their proceedings arc somewhat as follows : A vessel painted white like the mission schooner, and about the time Bishop Patteson is going his rouuds, appears in sight of an island. A boat is sent on shore with the most respectable-looking of the white individuals on board, having a white choker on, blue spectacles, a book that may pass for a Bible under his arm, and an umbrella over his head. The news quickly spreads—“ Bishop come to see us!” and down they crowd to the beach. The boat near the shore. Ah ! this is not the Bishop, but a strange missionary.
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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 66, 22 December 1871, Page 3
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181A KIDNAPPING DODGE. Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 66, 22 December 1871, Page 3
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