William Ellis Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, or Owhyhee

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The greater part of the following narrative was written in the Sandwich Islands, from notes taken by my fellow travellers and myself, while engaged in the tour it describes. At my request, a member of the American Mission was associated in preparing it; but circumstances requiring his presence in another island, the task devolved on myself alone. The journal, when prepared, was submitted to most of the missionaries, and approved. As the chief object of the tour, - a survey of the religious state of the inhabitants of the island, - was one in which the American Society had an equal interest with the London Missionary Society, with which I am connected, a copy of the journal approved in the islands, was left by me in America, and I believe will be published by them.