Excerpt from The Missionary Gazetteer: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Account of the Various Stations of the American and Foreign Protestant Missionary Societies of All Denominations Missionary Societies, with the exception of a part of the article upon Rangoon, have been entirely compiled or written by the Editor of this edition. The articles upon these stations con stituted the principal part of the matter 'which Mr. Williams borrowed from Mr. Chapin. It is proper here to say that the British Gazetteer contained between two and three times the amount of matter embodied in Mr. Chapin's work. The lat ter was distinguished for accuracy, but it was little more than a book of annals. The work of Mr. Williams contains a great variety of anecdote, biography, and other instructive matter. In respect, also, to the efforts of all the European Societies, it is much more full and thorough. The principal alterations and improvements in this edition are the following. 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.