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TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BART.G.C.B.
PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY
&c. &c. &c.
THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT
OF THE
NATIVES OF THE TONGA ISLANDS,
IN WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED PARTICULARLY TO SET FORTH
THEIR MANNERS, CUSTOMS, RELIGION,
AND LANGUAGE,
FROM THE ORAL DESCRIPTIONS OF AN ENGLISHMAN
LONG RESIDENT THERE,
IS MOST WILLINGLY INSCRIBED
AS A SMALL, YET APPROPRIATE TRIBUTE
OF RESPECT,
BY
HIS VERY OBEDIENT AND
DEVOTED HUMBLE SERVANT,
JOHN MARTIN.
