PREFATORY NOTE TO THE SECOND 

 EDITION. 



The kindness with which this volume has been received by 

 the press and public, both in this country and on the Hawaiian 

 Islands, renders the preparation of another edition a pleasant 

 task. When the book was published last year I was under 

 some apprehension that several errors, arising from hasty 

 observation, had been made, and it is a source of much grati- 

 fication to me, that the verdict of the Hawaiian press and 

 people is unanimous both as to the accuracy of the facts stated, 

 and the conclusions which have been drawn from them. 



Under these circumstances few alterations are necessary. 

 The concluding chapters have been revised, and the statistical 

 information brought down to the latest date, a few repetitions 

 have been omitted, and I have withdrawn a passage regarding 

 the prospects of the " Honolulu Mission," which, in the opinion 

 of those interested in its success, was calculated to cause 

 discouragement. 



I. L. B. 



Edinburgh, 

 June, 1876. 



