XIV PREFACE, 
now/* said he, " occupants of a most fertile 
island, with stock of all kinds, with tools and 
appliances for all their immediate wants." His" 
Excellency stated his intention of exercising a 
careful supervision over the people who may be 
permitted to land and reside among the new 
inhabitants. 
He has since fulfilled a promise which he 
had made, of becoming personally acquainted 
with them. It will be seen in the latter pages 
of the present Edition, that he availed himself 
of the occasion to afford them good counsel 
and advice ; and it may be hoped that a visit 
so kind and so paternal will have proved of 
much benefit as well as comfort to the flock oa 
Norfolk Island. 
Although the presence of England's worst 
exiles for several years gave a bad name to that 
beautiful place, there is no reason why it should 
not now become associated in the mind with 
whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, 
lovely, and of good report. 
LONDON, July, 1860. 
