PBEEACE 



THE EIEST EDITION, 



I shall have occasion, in many parts of the follow- 

 ing volume, to acknowledge the valuable information 

 I have received from several persons ; but I must 

 more particularly express my obligations to Captain 

 E. Moresby, I.N., who conducted the survey of the 

 Eed Sea, and of the archipelagoes of low coral-islands 

 in the Indian Ocean. I beg, also, to be permitted to 

 return my best thanks to Captain Beaufort, E.N., for 

 having given me free access to the charts in the Ad- 

 miralty, as well as to Captain Beecher, E.N., for most 

 kindly aiding me in consulting them. My thanks are 

 likewise especially due to Captain Washington, E.N., 

 for his invariable desire to assist me in every possible 

 manner. Having in former publications had the plea- 

 sure of acknowledging how much I owe to Captain 



