TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL BATHURST, K.G.,
ONE OF HIS MAJESTY’S PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES
OF STATE,
fyc. fyc. fyc.,
THE FOLLOWING
NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTHERN
COAST OF AMERICA,
UNDERTAKEN BY ORDER AND UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
HIS LORDSHIP,
IS, BY PERMISSION, INSCRIBED,
WITH GREAT RESPECT AND GRATITUDE,
BY
THE AUTHOR.