He at first objected to my plan as useless, seeing that, owing tothe gross ignorance of the people, they could not be brought toprofit by the lesson I meant to teach them; and added that, fromhis knowledge of the country and its customs, he feared we shouldfall into great peril by giving offence to these brutal idolworshippers. This somewhat stayed my purpose, but I was stilluneasy all that day to put my project in execution; and thatevening, meeting the Scots merchant in our walk about the town, Iagain called upon him to aid me in it. When he found me resolutehe said that, on further thoughts, he could not but applaud thedesign, and told me I should not go alone, but he would go with me;but he would go first and bring a stout fellow, one of hiscountrymen, to go also with us; "and one," said he, "as famous forhis zeal as you can desire any one to be against such devilishthings as these." So we agreed to go, only we three and my man-servant, and resolved to put it in execution the following nightabout mid