One of these unhappy people being condemned to be burnt for his attempts to save his country from the encroachments of its conquerors, was promised, by a Roman-catholic priest, admittance into heaven if he would only embrace the Christian faith before he died. “Are there any Spaniards in that region of bliss you tell me of?” inquired the unhappy victim. “Yes,” replied the priest; “but only such as are good.”—“Then I will never go there, where I may meet with one of that accursed race; for the _best_ of _them_ have neither worth nor goodness.” And from the cruel treatment these islanders met with, there was but too much reason in this exclamation. ------ [101] Some authors assert that this is only vanity in the French; that they think so highly of themselves, that even in the _interesting_ point of being eaten, they will not allow the pre-eminence to other nations. [102] “The New Zealanders are perpetually carrying on war with each other, to which they are stimulated, not by thirst of conquest, but by the desire of eating the flesh of their antagonists!”—See Prichard’s “Researches.” END OF VOL. I. T. C. Savill, Printer, 107, St. Martin’s Lane. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2), by Anonymous