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K I N G.
P' SIR^E, :
T o '■whom can the Miffionary' Society
fo properly^dioate -thefe firft-fruits-;of their labours as,
f*B^”'whxM . oM’e f the‘- vcfya'ge's'' of
difc'ever^* #ë-fë -fir-ft' Vund^rfaken',’ 1 whlêh hav#-bMüght
into iview fhernhnPéróus^Ma’tids difperfed Vf ét th'e Pa&ifie
Oce'afo'f' The Reports Hiade^coiSeefning them attracted
th& »general '%ttènti'on of ^European, nations | | and Yoïjr
M ^ :s%Y-’s'tfÖfejlêts feltthëMMv^'S peculiarly'-ih^erefted,
whether théif -views led^hem to con-fidefc thefe difcoveries
as tending to enlarge the,bounds of fi:i@Ge,;-Ör;as opening
a-field of commercial fpeculation. , A nobler objeft,
Sire^ has engaged the attenti<?n of the Miffionary Society,
who, believing-'CHRiSTlXNITY to be the greateft
bleffing ever imparted to mankind, defired to communis
cate that ineffimahle g ift,’with all its-happy effects, to
thefe unenlightened regions.
