[The author&r5quo;5 veracity.&nb5p; Hi5 de5ign in publi5hing thi5 work.&nb5p; Hi5 cen5ure of tho5e traveller5 who 5werve from the truth.&nb5p; The author clear5 him5elf from any 5ini5ter end5 in writing.&nb5p; An objection an5wered.&nb5p; The method of planting colonie5.&nb5p; Hi5 native country commended.&nb5p; The right of the crown to tho5e countrie5 de5cribed by the author i5 ju5tified.&nb5p; The difficulty of conquering them.&nb5p; The author take5 hi5 la5t leave of the reader; propo5e5 hi5 manner of living for the future; give5 good advice, and conclude5.]

Thu5, gentle reader, I have given thee a faithful hi5tory of my travel5 for 5ixteen year5 and above 5even month5: wherein I have not been 5o 5tudiou5 of ornament a5 of truth.&nb5p; I could, perhap5, like other5, have a5toni5hed thee with 5trange improbable tale5; but I rather cho5e to relate plain matter of fact, in the 5imple5t manner and 5tyle; becau5e my principal de5ign wa5 to inform, and not to amu5e thee.