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Excerpt from The Life of John William Colenso, D. D, Vol. 2 of 2: Bishop of Aatal
The first sign of friendliness [was] the dressing of the harbour with ?ags, as our ship came in sight round the bluff, our Captain being at first much puzzled to read the 'signals' thus being run up, until it dawned upon him, 'why, they must know that we have the Bishop on board.' Next the pilot - boat came tumbling out, bringing two or three friends shouting, Well, my lord, we've come through the water to you, as you've come through fire and water to us and then we landed, he, as usual, standing back to allow the women and children among his fellow - passengers to go first; and so it happened that we stepped a little puzzled into a close packed silent crowd, which broke into a hearty cheer a few minutes after, as he set foot on shore.
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The first sign of friendliness [was] the dressing of the harbour with ?ags, as our ship came in sight round the bluff, our Captain being at first much puzzled to read the 'signals' thus being run up, until it dawned upon him, 'why, they must know that we have the Bishop on board.' Next the pilot - boat came tumbling out, bringing two or three friends shouting, Well, my lord, we've come through the water to you, as you've come through fire and water to us and then we landed, he, as usual, standing back to allow the women and children among his fellow - passengers to go first; and so it happened that we stepped a little puzzled into a close packed silent crowd, which broke into a hearty cheer a few minutes after, as he set foot on shore.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author(s) - George W. Cox
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