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The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . ent parts of the The Illustrated History of Methodism 479 world: four to Ceylon, one to Bombay, one to the Cape of Good Hope, four tothe West Indies, two to Nova Scotia, three to Newfoundland, one to Quebec, one to Gibraltar, one to Brussels, andone to France; making a grand total ofeighty in the field. Great interest was shown at this timein the South African work. In the sum-mer of 1814 the first Methodist mission-ary, John McKenny, arrived in Cape-town. The illiberal Dutch East IndiaCompany, however, refused to let himpreach, and he had to content himselfwith holding a few private meetings.He was then instructed to proceed toCeylon. Two years later the pioneermissionary for South Africa, BarnabasShaw, landed at Capetown, nine monthsbefore the Presbyterian, Robert Moffat, who became later so famous in the an-nals of missions. By this time the col-ony had been ceded by the Netherlandsgovernment to Great Britain, and Mr.Shaw found work to do among thetroops as a kind of military chaplain..