But we know this--that God beholds all the heathen.

He fashions the hearts of them, and understandeth all their works.

And we know also that He is just and good.

These poor folks were, I doubt not, happy enough in their way; and we are bound to believe (for we have no proof against it), that most of them were honest and harmless enough likewise.

Of course, ogres and cannibals, and cruel and brutal persons (if there were any among them), deserved punishment--and punishment, I do not doubt, they got.