xvl INTRODUCTION, 
As there was a draughtfman on board the Antelope, 
befides two or three young men acquainted with drawing, 
a faithful portrait of the King of PE lew, and one of his 
wives, together with fome pi£turefque views of the country, 
were by their means obtained.—Captain Wilson was pre- 
fented, before he left the iflands, with many of their wea¬ 
pons and utenfils, from Which the plates contained in this 
Work have been accurately engraved.-^-And I am happy to 
have it in my power to add to thefe the portrait of Prince 
Lee Boo, drawn by my Daughter, and which, though done 
from memory, fifteen months after his death, is acknow¬ 
ledged to be a very linking likenefs by every one who knew 
him. 
To the late difcoveries, which have fo greatly increafed 
our knowledge of the globe, and of the human race, if the 
little duller of iflands I am now unveiling to the world 
(which may truly be regarded as a rich jewel, fparkling 
on the bofom of the ocean) fliall be deemed by the Public 
an interelling acquifition, Captain Wilson will not have 
been fliipwrecked in vain; and I fliall ever think that the 
time I have bellowed on this Work hath been ufefully 
employed. 
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