...occasioned me some difficulty ; for having no iron sufficiently large for pintles, we made them from a piece of a pickaxe, a cooper's adze, and a large hoe. They answered exceedingly well; but being doubtful of this, I prepared a substitute for a rudder, in...

...hibiscus was twisted into ropes, and native mats quilted for sails, and the rudder was constructed of " a piece of a pickaxe, a cooper's adze, and a large hoe." Every arrangement having been at length made for the voyage, in reference to which the vessel had been...

...slept, and quilted them to make them strong enough to bear the wind. He made pintles for the rudder from a piece of a pick-axe, a cooper's adze, and a large hoe. Thus, in fifteen weeks, a ship of between seventy and eighty tons burden was finished ; and Mr. Williams...

...occasioned me some difficulty ; for, having no iron sufficiently large for pintles, we made them from a piece of a pickaxe, a cooper's adze, and a large hoe. They answered exceedingly well ; but, being doubtful of this, I prepared a substitute for a rudder,...

...for having no iron sufficiently large for pintles (or rudderhinges), they were obliged to make use of a piece of a pickaxe, a cooper's adze, and a large hoe. These were found afterwards to serve their purpose very well, but being doubtful of their strength...

...for having no iron sufficiently large for pintles (or rudderhinges), they were obliged to make use of a piece of a pickaxe, a cooper's adze, and a large hoe. These were found afterwards to serve their purpose very well, but, being doubtful of their strength,...

...difficulty, for, having no iron sufficiently large for pintles, Mr. Williams had to make these from a piece of a pick-axe, a cooper's adze, and a large hoe. Before this wonderful schooner was quite finished, her builder was greatly cheered by the arrival in...

...the bark of the hibiscus into ropes, quilted native mats for sails, and constructed a rudder out of a piece of a pick-axe, a cooper's adze and a large hoe. In five months it was ready for use. He called it the Messenger of Peace, and he made a successful...

...work occasioned much difficulty. Having no iron sufficiently large for pintles, these were made from a piece of a pickaxe, a cooper's adze, and a large hoe. With these promiscuous pieces of ironwork, the rudder was mounted, and the wonderful ship was ready...

...oakum, and the bark of the hibiscus for ropes, native mats for sails, and for the fastening of a rudder "a piece of a pickaxe, a cooper's adze, and a large hoe," — these things are known wherever the story of missionary enterprise is known. In fifteen weeks The...