In about a week or ten days after the Seringapatam sailed, the Messenger of Peace was ready for sea; and after getting the teachers on board, we took an affectionate leave of our dear wives and children, spread our sails, glided through the reef, and with excited feelings launched upon the deep. When we contemplated the length of the voyage, the probable dangers to which we should be exposed, the protracted period of separation from our dear families, and the possibility that we might fall victims to the ferocity of the heathen, we naturally experienced some anxiety. The plan however had been sketched; the subject had been considered in all its bearings, and had received the unqualified approbation of our judgment. Our feelings therefore were made to yield, and we pursued our adventurous way, encouraged by the remembrance of the gracious protection which had hitherto been afforded us, and the abundant success that had crowned our former efforts. The present undertaking, we concluded, might be attended with results equally beneficial, and still more extensive; which we well knew would amply compensate for all our labour and fears. There were with us seven teachers, and we intended to augment the number from the Hervey Islands, which we proposed to visit on our way. We cleared the harbour on Monday, the 24th of May, 1830.