i\- Pre fare. 



kiiowk-dt^c of othc-rs to whose notice tlie\' nia\- come will assist in correclin"^ the existing mistakes. 

 Those in charge of this Mnseniii will welcome an\- addition to their information in these matters. 



.\Uhough the modern war \essel is sadl> nnfil for the pnrpcses of scientific exploration, it is 

 hoped that luigland. America. Crermany or France may ere long find national ships to snrxex' the 

 Pacific anew and accurately. The life that Magellan, Mendana, Cook, \'anconver, and even Wilkes 

 found has almost disappeared; a new and far less interesting order has replaced it. Even the out- 

 lines of the coral islets ha\e changed, and in the volcanic region the very bottom of the bays in 

 which the great explorers anchored has sunk or risen as the submarine forces have acl;ed. Europe 

 and America ha\-e di\ided the islands among them, let them now. like wise proprietors, carefull\- 

 survey and study their new possessions. Here in the mid.st of the Pacific Ocean we would store for 

 common use all that we may gather from the vast extent of the "Great Ocean". 



WILLIAM T. BRIGHA^I. 



Dircclor of the Bent ice Pana/ii Bishop Mtiscitm. 



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