Two large canoes were fitted out, strengthened for the voyage, and stored and provisioned.  The whole population of the island assembled on the beach to bid their countrymen farewell, and to offer up their prayers for their safety.  They knew somewhat of the dangers they must encounter, perhaps not all of them, but they had counted the cost, and had they been greater than those of which they did know, they would not have been deterred from the attempt.  With a fair breeze the two canoes set sail, and glided on over the smooth sea, towards the far-distant group of islands.  Day after day they sailed on; no land greeted their sight, but they believed that they were on the right course, and fearlessly committed themselves to the care of a merciful Providence. They knew that however they might be directed, it would be for the best.