DEDICATION. 



fubje&s, braver, more powerful and mfifni&ed than 

 thofe deftroyers of old, but far more juft, generous, 

 and humane, erected in the hearts of an unknown 

 people, while making thefe difcoveries, an- empire 

 founded on peace and love of the fubjecl:, perfe&Iy 

 confiftent with thofe principles by which Your Ma- 

 jesty has always profefled to govern ; more firm and 

 durable than thofe eitablifhed by bolts and chains, and 

 all thofe black devices of tyrants not even known 

 by name, in Your happy and united, powerful and 

 flourifhing kingdoms. 



While thefe great objeds were fteadily conduct- 

 ing to the end which the capacity of thofe employed, 

 the juftnefs of the meafures on which they were plan- 

 ned, and the conftant care and fupport of the Public 

 promifed, there ftill remained an expedition to be 

 undertaken which had been long called for, by philo- 

 sophers of all nations, in vain. 



Fleets and armies were ufelefs ; even the power 

 of Britain, with the utmoft exertion, could afford no 

 V0L ' x - b protedion 



