he was kind enough to write me a note, in which (after some complimentary allusions to the author, which it is unnecessary to insert here) occur the following paragraphs:

It is quite wonderful to think what the colony was, what it now is, and what it may become, if the industry of the people progress at the same ratio as in the past; and especially if they will act upon the sentiment expressed by the Prince of Wales on his visit here in 1860-The Queen will rejoice to hear that good order and obedience to the laws characterise the population.' His Royal Highness added that it would be his constant prayer that the inhabitants of this colony may long live in the possession of an earnest faith, and at the same time in religious peace and harmony.'

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You, Sir, are aware that, six or seven months after this, in May 1861, very serious riots and disturbances took place here, leading to consequences which all of us had deeply to deplore, and which I most earnestly hope will never again occur. I cordially unite in the feeling expressed by an influential personage in this community, the Right Rev. Dr. Mullock, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, in a communication addressed to me in the month of November 1861 (six months after the riots):

'I beg to assure your Excellency that no man is more anxious than I am that the truly Christian sentiments of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales may be the rule of conduct to the people here, and I beg your Excellency to forward this letter to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle.'

Hoping you will be successful in the work you have undertaken and brought so near to a completion, I am, yours truly,

A. BANNERMAN, Gov. N.F.L.

It was my intention to have enumerated and characterised the various works which have been written in relation to Newfoundland; but, as I have been indebted to only two of these - the volume by ChiefJustice Reeves, published in 1793, and that by Anspach, published about 1820, and as a catalogue of the books on the country is given in Sir Richard Bonnycastle's work, such enumeration is, I think, unnecessary. There is, however, one book which it might have been expected I should have drawn largely upon for the early history of the country that published by Captain Whitbourne in 1622. My reason for not doing so is that, on reading his interesting volume, I discovered the evidence of an over-credulousness in the writer, which, notwithstanding all his opportunities, detracts much from the value of his testimony.

In Appendix No. I. several quotations are given from Whitbourne's work, which will enable the reader to form some idea of the character of the oldest book on Newfoundland, written by one who paid frequent visits to the island.

In the compilation of the Appendices I have been indebted to several parties, more especially to my friend A. Scott, Esq., the able Principal of the

General Protestant Academy in St. John's. To him and to all others who have given me assistance in I beg to tender my respectful and

various ways,
thankful acknowledgments.

C. P.

LONDON: August 1863.