PREFACE. xi 

 impulse, labouring in their arduous engage- 

 ments, in simplicity of faith, and with earnest 

 piety for the furtherance of the Redeemer's 

 kingdom. Enlightened by the Divine Spirit, 

 may numbers give themselves to this conse- 

 crated work, and may the Gospel be propagated 

 " not in word only but also in power," through- 

 out the destitute Settlements, and among our 

 Red Brethren in the wilderness, who are " fast 

 melting away," to use their own beautiful 

 metaphor, " like snow before the sun," as the 

 whites advance, and colonize their native soil. 



The Author has added his remarks upon the 

 climate, country, and population, which fell 

 under his own immediate observation, which 

 he trusts (with the map prefixed to this Edition) 

 will afford accurate information, and prove 

 interesting to the Reader. 



May, 1827. 



