PREFACE. 
X 
From the defects that may appear in the exe¬ 
cution of the work, he feels it necessary to apolo¬ 
gize. It has been prepared amidst incessant 
public engagements, and some parts have passed 
through the press during his absence on a distant 
journey in behalf of the Missionary Society. 
To the Rev. Joseph Fletcher, A. M. of 
London, who, amidst his numerous and important 
engagements, has kindly inspected most of the 
sheets, and to Captain R. Elliot, R. N. who has 
favoured the Author with the use of his drawings 
for the embellishment of the work, he takes this 
opportunity of tendering his sincere and grateful 
acknowledgments. 
