Chapter XXVI

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1857, a Roman Catholic mission arrived at our colony of Labuan.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a record or narrative description of past events

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

gotten through environmental forces

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading THE MISSIONS: ROMAN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading In the spring of the year 1857, a Roman Catholic mission arrived at our colony of Labuan.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

tried unsuccessfully

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

according with custom or propriety

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a native or inhabitant of Borneo

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of Great Britain in 1984

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

plural of “captive” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

of or relating to or supporting Catholicism

From this reading THE MISSIONS: ROMAN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT.

plural of “cause” — events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a person who is in charge

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

relating to or characteristic of Christianity

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

plural of “church” — one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

From this reading In the spring of the year 1857, a Roman Catholic mission arrived at our colony of Labuan.

relating to or based on or involving comparison

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

come or bring to a finish or an end

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

a state at a particular time

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a courteous or respectful or considerate act

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

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From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

bad; unfortunate

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

-ing form of “distribute” — administer or bestow, as in small portions

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

plural of “district” — a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

move gently or carefully

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the act of consuming food

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the ratio of the output to the input of any system

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the act of escaping physically

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

-ing form of “establish” — set up or found

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

make plain and comprehensible

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

an act that fails

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

having a defect

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

assets in the form of money

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

usually; as a rule

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

the act of giving

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

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From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the aggregate of past events

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

the quality of being important and worthy of note

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

of great significance or value

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a quantity that is added

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

plural of “intention” — an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a native or inhabitant of Italy

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

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From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

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From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

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From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

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From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the act of managing something

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

the force of workers available

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

plural of “missionary” — someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

plural of “mission” — an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

From this reading THE MISSIONS: ROMAN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT.

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a form of address for a man

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

not any; not one

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

an announcement containing information about an event

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

causing disapproval or protest

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

many times at short intervals

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

appearing as such but not necessarily so

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading In the spring of the year 1857, a Roman Catholic mission arrived at our colony of Labuan.

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From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

being or affecting only a part; not total

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

by chance

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

plural of “plantation” — an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

meat from a domestic hog or pig

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the particular portion of space occupied by something

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a person who owns something

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

just preceding something else in time or order

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

plural of “priest” — a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

an adherent of Protestantism

From this reading THE MISSIONS: ROMAN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT.

established beyond doubt

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

any competition

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

plural of “reason” — a rational motive for a belief or action

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

plural of “recommendation” — something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

plural of “report” — a written document describing the findings of some individual or group

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

-ing form of “respect” — regard highly; think much of

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

relating to or characteristic of people of Rome

From this reading THE MISSIONS: ROMAN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the largest state in Malaysia; located on the northwest of the island of Borneo

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

plural of “school” — an educational institution

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

in the near future

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

a native or inhabitant of Spain

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

distribute or disperse widely

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

the season of growth

From this reading In the spring of the year 1857, a Roman Catholic mission arrived at our colony of Labuan.

an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

meant or adapted for an occasion or use

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE MISSIONS: ROMAN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a social division of (usually preliterate) people

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

not held or filled or in use

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the act of using

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

notify of danger, potential harm, or risk

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

accept gladly

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Its principal, Signor Cuarteron, a Spaniard, soon became an object of interest, from the various reports that were spread respecting his previous life, and from its becoming generally known that he was the possessor of great wealth acquired by extraordinary means.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading I will first notice the Roman Catholic, as it has proved of the least importance; and perhaps I shall best explain its complete failure by giving an account of its chief.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a retraction of a previously held position

From this reading Arrival of the Roman Catholic Mission in Labuan--Signor Cuarteron its head--Curious reports--His real history--Finding the Treasure--Turns Priest--Ostensible object of the Mission--Not attempted--Ease with which Captives could escape--No Inclination to do so--Turned Mahomedans--Return of Signor Cuarteron--Courtesy of the Brunei Government--Intentions of the Italian Priest--Model Village--The Italian Priests--The Churches--Old Battery--Regret at the withdrawal of the Roman Catholic Mission--Protestant Mission at Sarawak--Present Condition--Comparative Failure--Partial Success at Lingga and Lundu--Mr. Chalmers and the Land Dayaks--Causes of his Influence--Mistake in establishing the Mission at Kuching--The Reasons--Objectionable Position for Schools--Proper Position for the Mission--Suitable spots--Waste of Funds in Boats and Plantations--Deplorable Secession of Missionaries--Reasons to account for it--Present Management faulty--Mr. Gomez in Lundu--Christian Dayaks warn the Government--Missionaries always welcome in Sarawak--Important political effect--The Church should be among the Dayaks--Suitable Men for Missionaries--What the Head of a Mission should be--What he too often is, and should not be--Five Recommendations to increase Efficiency--Unoccupied Room for a great Increase of the Number of Missionaries--Method of distributing them--Personal Character--Dayaks an interesting Race--A Tribe half Mahomedans half Pagans--Use of eating Pork--Districts unoccupied--Position of the Missionary in Sarawak--The Bornean Mission an important one.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading In the spring of the year 1857, a Roman Catholic mission arrived at our colony of Labuan.