has been done, will confider the Mjffionafy Society as among the-
real benefactors to mankind, and fupport an undertaking which God
has hitherto fingulariy blsfled-; and whi£h nmpojfes; p i t s firft object*
theffivine glOry, and thefalvatian, temporal and eternal, o f .thoftfwhom';,
hitherto no man hath cased for. ^Names, feds, and'parties, have'no
ghtce among ,us— Ave mean notffing^political,, partial, or exclufive.
One is ourmafter, evemChrift sTwe’delireita know and tdach nothing
but him crucified; to interfere in noconteft, toidiiutbinD'government
eftablifhed, or introduce any .peculiar, modes o f religiopg worlhip,
buj: to leave everjbman to the'book of'ttuth ror his guide, in1 tlfc lpiiit
o f meeknefs to unite in one centre, -Jefus Chrift, the fatfie"y^flfeiday,
to-day, and fo r - ever ; and to lOve one another; ©urof assure “heart,
fervently, Time and better information, k isY b be hoped," '«girdif-
fipafe Cveiyprejudice entertained agairift fo henevoleiit an tuiderlaking.
ArrENDix.1 TO THE SOITTH.SP.A TST AMm«
SECTION? I.
Country.
iflandbof Otaheite cdnfifs; o f two petiinfulas conneded by a
ifthifius.^hout ihrpe rnifes nem&l covered with:trees,and fhrubs,
bw wholly «ncuftivafed'-; though no paitfof the ifiandfaems more
.Capable,’o f | isiproyement, admitting! the, plough, i f clea*ed
fr©rb-WQod.. :J4yger;,|Otaheite•• Ms!oe;i is.' about, mnetiy.miles itt
cI?cjimfeEQicei!rand; nearly.caroidar$, Tiafeboaiid^about
miles., They are divided into a variety ©f.diittfdsf in'enumerating
.which the, fokndrjieporters.';differ,;.,aicphrffeblysthegh are
fubjed ,tor changes, .and divided;and fufedivided b y fh e chiefs.among
fhbir towhas and;;netoaoris.vj -{■ AaHi: thgrtfbf® mrfef .fo the map,, as
containing, the- Iatefb and moft ^accurate* StccouMld1 The ifland has' a
border oflowdand reaGhing from the beadh tchthe r t fin g o f tb e hills;
.mfomo places.near a mile, in others hardly a-ftylong, md w federal
i p o ^ tbssrhoafitaiis & m p % terminate ifiJhight digit againft whs'«*
the lea beats*, and form, difficult, pafiages: frOifiibne'dddrid foiaiiOKher.
Th© foitrrf the! low; lands anti o f the v d ls y s y ^ e h -m nm p ffom the
fea between the; mountains, is remarkably sf&tfte, confining erf a
rich blackifh mould' covered witbHreadfjfe'usti.eOedai-riutJ plantains;
eyeeappld, the youte, or cloth plant, and t t in y -Otheti, ’ which Will
be; hereafter deferibed; The. moutttaiinseaiford a great variety -’o f ' trees
#^aU»fdrts.and liases,. and; are, itt’.ffiaftqpfoGSs1, covetedy to- their very
tops with wood, in* others;with bamboos o f gpeat ferigthy and in Ibiffe.
by fern and reed, which at a- difence appear like a'firibgrCen-lawn.
The hil&rtfeivery fteepytiitdiwei) into mouhtaink d to o^ feddiffib lf ;;
but; eyeiy whetb productive o fp lan ta ih V y&nSj and a multitude o f
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