Excerpt from History of the Propagation of Christianity Among the Heathen, Vol. 3 of 3: Since the Reformation Having in the meanwhile received various communications from Ceylon, encouraging them to come and settle on that island, the missionaries presented a memorial to Sir Evan Nepean, entreat ing that if they could not be allowed to remain in Bombay, they might be permitted to remove thither; but though the governor was personally anxious to grant their request, he did not feel himself at liberty to deviate from the letter of his instructions. The ship in which they were to proceed to England was now on the eve of sailing, and there appeared scarcely a gleam of hope of their being able to remain in the East. Having heard, however, of a vessel going to Cochin, and that she would give them a passage, if they could be ready to embark in four or five hours, they formed a sudden resolution to proceed by her, especially as they understood she would be able to convey them from thence to Ceylon. The ship, however, did not, on its arrival at Cochin, pro ceed immediately to Ceylon; and while they were waiting for a passage by some other conveyance, and just as one seemed to present itself, a cruiser arrived from Bombay with orders to bring them back to that presidency. 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.… (more)