vi. PREFACE, 
notion of the kind of places where their Hsstonaces are 
labouring, and the kind of work which they are trying (with 
God’s help) to do. 
It consists of Four Parts :— 
I. An account of the beginning of the Presbyterian Mis- 
sions in 1848, when the London Missionaries of Samoa in- 
troduced Dr. Geddie to Aneityum,—and of the early progress 
of the work. The facts related in Chapters III.—VI. 
have been gathered from Mr. Murray’s interesting volume 
on Polynesia, 
II. The story of the “ Dayspring,” from its building in 
Nova Scotia to its loss on Aneityum. This paper has been 
furnished by Dr. McDonald of Melbourne, to whom the 
Mission stands a debtor for this final labour, and for many 
that have gone before. It is a valuable document, showing 
that the Mission Ship—though a costly appliance of an 
Island Mission—is, in present circumstances at least, an 
indispensable one. 
III. A series of Letters from the Islands—written by 
a young Voyager, who went there in quest of health. Hav- 
ing taken upon myself the responsibility of recommending 
their publication, I think it right to say that, whatever may 
