In March 1878 his splendid strength began to fail. But, though weak and suffering, he would not give in, and held a Confirmation at Shrewsbury on the 24th. When in the vestry someone remarked on the vigour he had shown, he answered: “Yes, but it was like holding on to a ship in a storm. I held on by my hands and feet.” Sinking into a chair he added, “The end is come.” This confirmation was his last public act. He went back to Lichfield the next day. Then came days of weakness and suffering during which he still followed the work going on in his diocese, and bade farewell to those near and dear to him. In his wanderings he thought of the work to be done and said: “I ought to be there, I fear I am getting idle.” When Sir William Martin came to see him, he turned to thoughts of New Zealand days. His beloved Maoris were present to his mind and he repeated several times “They will all come back.” Maori words rose to his lips in his wanderings and almost his last words were in Maori, “It is light.” He died on April 11th, 1878, glad to pass from his work to that fuller light in which he so fervently believed. INDEX A Abraham, Dr., 10, 61, 63, 74, 121, 122, 135, 137 Abraham, Mrs., 75, 77 Adams, John, 127, 130 Adelaide, Bishop of, 151 Ahuriri, 34 American Board of Missions, 173 Anaiteum 70, 71, 128 Annus Mirabilis, 74 Auckland, 26, 28, 36, 45, 46, 59, 72, 77, 118, 126-135, 142, 143 Australasian Board of Missions, 73 B Baltimore Convention, 173 Bay of Islands, 28, 49 _Bayonnais_, The, 134 Blackburn, Rev. S., 137, 138 Blomfield, Bishop, 5 _Border Maid_, The, 74, 78, 82 _Bounty_, The, 127 Boveney, 3 Botany Bay, 13, 14 Broughton, Bishop, 5, 18, 19, 25 Browne, Colonel, 141 C Canterbury Association, 95-97 Christchurch, 98 Christchurch, Bishop of, 106, 131 Church Missionary Society, 5, 6, 14, 18, 19, 45, 57, 58 Coleridge, Edward, 63, 84, 100, 108, 116, 163 Colonial Bishoprics Fund, 5 Colonial Office, The, 54, 56 Cook, Captain, 13 Cotton, Mr., 12, 24 Crimean War, The, 108 Constitution of New Zealand Church, 90-92, 102 D _Daisy Chain, The_, 117 Darwin, Charles, 18 Derby, Lord, 165 _Dido_, The, 64, 65, 66, 69 Dunedin, Diocese of, 161, 162 E Eccleshall Castle, 167 Endowments, 104, 105 Erromango, 78 Erskine, Captain, 71, 78 Eton, 1-4 F Fitzroy, Captain, 53, 55 Flagstaff, The, at Paihai, 49, 50 G Gladstone, W. E., 4 Goldfields, The, 161, 162 Grace, Mr., 153, 154 Grey, Earl, 54 Grey, Sir George, 53-55, 58, 145, 149