Journal of a Residence in Siam

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Excerpt from Journal of a Residence in Siam: And of a Voyage Along the Coast of China to Mantchou Tartary We are happy in being able to bring before our readers a journal of so novel and interesting a character as that which we commence below. To an individual who sees millions of his species wrapt in the gloom of ignorance and idolatious superstitions, and devotes himself to the noble service of working out their deliverance, the consideration of civilized and christian society, and of home, will not, in the least degree, lose their value, on the contrary, as they are viewed in contrast, their value is enhanced, while yet they are willingly forgone, and are counted but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ. Mr. G.is from the neighbourhood of Stettin, about six years ago, he relinquished the most inviting considerations, even royal patronage, to commence the humble labours of a missionary in the East. He is now on a voyage north expecting to visit Formosa, Loochoo, Japan, Coi ea, and some of the ports along the coast of China, of this second voyage, it will be in our power, we hope and expect, to give some account at an early period. The population of Bankok, at which place the present journal commences, was, four years ago, 401, 300 souls, of whom 360, 000 were Chinese. To the above prefatory remarks, which appeared in the first number of the Repository - published last May, we here add, that Mr. Gutzlaf Freturned to Macao, on the 4th of September, after "a most eventful voyage, " which occupied about six months and ten days. During that time, he visited, in succession, Amoy, Fuh-chow-foo, the capital of Fuhkeen, - Ningpo, in Chekeang, the Chusan and neighbouring islands, opposite to Ningpo, - Shanghae, in Keangsoo, south of the Yangtsze-keang, - Tsungming, at the mouth of that river, - and part of Shantung, also the Penghou islands, Formosa, Corea, and the chief islands of the Lewchew or Loochoo archipelago. Of this voyage it is expected that very full accounts will be published. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.