Kallihirua, notwithstanding the disadvantages of person (for he was
plain, and short of stature, and _looked_ what he was,--an Esquimaux),
excited a feeling of interest and regard in those who were acquainted
with his history, and who knew his docile mind, and the sweetness of
his disposition.
Compliance with the precept in the Old Testament, "Love ye the
stranger[1]," becomes a delight as well as a duty in such an instance
as that about to be recorded, especially when we consider the
affecting injunction conveyed in the Epistle to the Hebrews, "Be not
forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained
angels unawares[2]."
[Footnote 1: Deut. x 18.]
[Footnote 2: Heb. xiii 2.]