INTRODUCTION.
It will not, I preſume, be conſidered as altogether
unneceſſary or unintereſting, if I offer to
the public attention a ſummary account of my
voyages previous to that which is the ſubject of
this volume.
I had been already engaged in various commercial undertakings on the North-Weſt coaſt of America, during a period of ſeven years: But I never ceaſed to blend the zeal of my naval character with the ſpirit of commercial enterprize,
