way that I used to listen when a wonderful story was told me in my youthful days."
It is true that I have finished my stories of the four quarters of the globe, and told you of the principal adventures of my life, but, for all that, I have plenty of things to talk about yet. In my Tales of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, I told you about the land. I am now going to tell some Tales about the Sea. Perhaps I shall tell you, too, of the Islands in the Pacific Ocean. I think you will gladly listen to what Peter Parley has got to say about them. I have described the principal countries and nations upon the globe: I have told you of the manners and customs of the people; about the birds, the four-footed beasts, and the most remarkable fruits and vegetables throughout the world; but I have told you little of the great waters that surround the earth. I have related some of my own adventures own adventures upon the sea, but I have a great deal more to tell you about the sea