I have promised him to ask you to do it, if you have not any objections." "Does he know anything," replied I, "of the principles of the Christian religion ?" "Oh, yes, I am sure he does," answered the captain; "for he talks a great deal about it in the kitchen, and often gets laughed at for his pains; but he takes it all very patiently." "Does he behave well as your servant ?" "Yes, that he does; he is as honest and civil a fellow as ever came on board ship, or lived in a house." "Was he always so well behaved ?" "No," said the officer; "when I first had him he was often very unruly and deceitful; but for the last two years he has been quite like another creature." "Well, sir, I shall be very glad to see him, and think it probable I shall wish to go through a course of instruction and examination; during which I shall be able to form a judgment how far it will be right to admit him to the sacrament of baptism.

Can he read ?" "Yes," replied his master; "he has been taking great pains to learn to read for some time past, and can make out a chapter in the Bible pretty well, as my maid-servant informs me.

He speaks English better than many of his countrymen, but you will find it a little broken.

When will it be convenient that I should send him over to you ?" "To-morrow afternoon, sir, if you please." "He shall come to you about four o'clock, and you shall see what you can make of him." With this promise he took his leave.

I felt glad of an opportunity of instructing a native of that land whose wrongs and injuries had often caused me to sigh and mourn; the more so, when I reflected _who_ had been the aggressors.
At the appointed hour my Negro disciple arrived.