CHAPTER LXVI.

Preaching and Visiting--Pearl Fishing--Place of my Arrest in 1851--Accident to a Young Man--Incident with the Governor of Anaa--See a Leper--Capture of an Eel--Conference on Anaa--Time of Dedication of Salt Lake Temple--Specially Interesting Meetings--New Elders from Utah--Start back to Tahiti--Another Funeral Sermon--Meet the French Governor of the Tuamotu Islands--His Cordial Greeting--Arrive at Papeete--Appointments for the New Missionaries--Fall to get a Passage to Tubuoi--My Health Very Poor--Learn of the Dedication of the Salt Lake Temple--Elders Unanimous in the Decision that I should Return Home Because of my Illness--I Demur--Conclude to go--Trouble on Anaa--My Sixty-fifth birthday--Notable Kindness of a Native child--Sail from Papeete--Difficulty In Landing from Small Boats--In the Society Islands--Reach San Francisco--Arrive in Salt Lake City--Report the Successful Opening of the Society Islands Mission.