30 THE WHALEMAN'S ADVENTURES. 



true God and Saviour. They invited the mis- 

 sionary from another island, and in Heaven's 

 blessings upon his instructions was read the 

 secret of all their after-kindness to the white 

 men who visited or were cast upon their shores. 

 All whalemen may see in this contrast, as we, 

 to our joy in the Commodore Preble, saw, what 

 a difference there is between islands that have, 

 and places that have not the " BOOK." 



It is THE BOOK which has brought it to pass, 

 that the adventurous, weary whaleman can now 

 traverse the entire Pacific, and land with im- 

 punity at most of its lovely islands, and be 

 supplied on terms of equity with all he needs. 

 Let, then, those that owe to it the most, be 

 loudest in their praises, and warmest in their 

 love, and most ca,reful in their obedience to the 



BOOK OF BOOKS. 



It was the reasoning of one of this great 

 family of South Sea Islanders (with whom our 

 ship had such pleasant intercourse), soon after 

 he came into possession of the BIBLE : 



" When I look at myself, I find that I have 

 hinges all over my body. I have got hinges to 



