Excerpt from A Tour in Both Hemispheres: Or, Travels Around the World The principal Object Of my journey through the lakes Huron and Superior to the South Pacific Ocean, Australia, China, and India, was the investigation Of the physiognomy, character, manners, language, and religion Of the natives. To do this it was not suf ficient to see them, to treat with them, visit their vil lages, camps, observing their occupations and daily habits, but it was necessary to hold, conferences on these subjects with their missionaries, who, having spent the best of their days and sacrificed their lives amongst them, could give that most reliable information which I desired. By comparison with the North American na tives, improperly called Indians, I may hope to furnish an additional light for the solution Of the question, Whence came these Indians? 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.