PEEFACE. vii 



I do not attempt to conceal from myself the direct 

 bearing of the observations I have made on the 

 Colonial Government of these islands ; for I feel the 

 full responsibility which, under the circumstances of 

 the times, devolves on any one who adventures on 

 " the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth," 

 regardless of the prepossessions of party, or the pre- 

 judice of class interests. 



Having no personal interest with which that of 

 the community of Bermuda is not identical, I have 

 sought to benefit the colony by a full and fearless 

 development of the truth. In so doing, I feel that I 

 am acting in accordance with the spirit which ani- 

 mates the able representative of her Most Gracious 

 Majesty, and humbly aiding in promoting the inte- 

 rests of Bermuda, and those of Great Britain, so far 

 as the- colony is concerned. 



T. L. GODET. 



