.

The place pitched upon by the brethren for their settlement was 56
deg. 36 m. N.L., well supplied with good wood for building, and
numerous rivulets of excellent water, and where ships could
conveniently find an excellent anchorage. The stones they erected were
placed, one on King's point, marked G R III. 1770, the other marked U
F (unitas fratrum,) 1770, and the land was taken possession of in the
name of King George, for behoof of the United Brethren--a very
important process, as it secured the protection of the British
government for the new settlements; the other two stones were marked
and placed in the interior merely as boundary stones. This first
sacred spot was consecrated by thanksgiving and prayer. Amid the
heathen tribes and their rude rocks, the missionaries kneeled down,
and with the deepest expressions of humility, thanked the Lord that he
had thus so far prospered them in their undertaking, had guarded them
through the perils of their journey, and graciously granted them a
resting place. Having thus accomplished the object of their mission,
they returned to England, and reached London 16th November 1770,
blessing and praising the Lord that no evil had befallen them.

CHAPTER III.

Preparations for establishing a settlement in Labrador.--A love
feast.--Missionaries leave London--erect a mission-house at
Nain--regulations for their intercourse with the
natives--visited by great numbers--manner of instruction--they
retire in winter, are visited by the Brethren in their
houses.--Death of Anauke.--An incantation.--Adventures in search
of a dead whale.--P.E. Lauritz deputed by the conference--visits
the missions--his excursion along the coast.--A sloop of war
arrives to examine the settlement--the Captain's report.--Jans
Haven's voyage to the north--interesting occurrences.--Lauritz
leaves Nain--his concluding address.--The Brethren propose new
settlements--disastrous voyage in search of a
situation.--Liebisch appointed Superintendant.--An Angekok
baptized--his address to the natives.--Jans Haven commences a
new station at Okkak--received joyfully by the natives--six
Esquimaux baptized--proceedings at Nain.--Missionary accompanies
the Esquimaux to a rein-deer hunt.--Third settlement--Hopedale
founded.--Remarkable preservation of the Missionaries.

Every thing being now settled for establishing a missionary station
among the Esquimaux, the Bret