Our Journal in the Pacific: By the Officers of H. M. S. Zealous

Excerpt from Our Journal in the Pacific: By the Officers of H. M. S. Zealous

The Journal of a ship's commission in these times must necessarily be somewhat dry reading, except, perhaps, to people personally interested by having taken a part in the scenes which it describes, and to their friends and relatives.

Therefore, in presenting this book, with great diffidence, to the public, we wish to state that it is published with a further object, - namely, to be useful to any who may happen to visit the same parts of the world either at the call of duty, as in our case, or to those simply following the dictates of free-will and pleasure. So, by entering into the historical, social, and descriptive vein, when speaking of the various countries visited, and also by appending a few remarks concerning winds, currents, harbours, channels, and other facts useful to the navigator, we have striven, as far as in us lay, to combine a little of all qualities, and suit anyone who may have curiosity enough - ay, even courage in these days - to read anything not highly flavoured with the marvellous.

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