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EDITED BY THE
REV. JAMES R. M‘GAVIN,
DUNDEE.
NEW YORK:
ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS,
285 BROADWAY.
1853.
The short and simple narrative which is introduced to public noticein the following pages, is a plain statement of facts; and issubmitted with unaffected diffidence, as an humble memorial of “theloving kindness of the Lord, and his great goodness,” in a season ofextremity. The only preface which can be necessary in a publication soinconsiderable, is to certify its authenticity, by avowing the name andaffixing the responsibility of the author.
The following simple history of the narrative will, it is presumed,be sufficient to remove all scruples as to its truthfulness andreality. In the summer of 1844, Captain Adam Yule, of Dundee, committedinto my hands a large manuscript, containing the substance of thefollowing pages, with a request that I would use my utmost freedomwith the materials, and give them to the world in any form that wasmost agreeable to myself. I learned that he had drawn up his accountat the Cape of Good Hope, immediately after the occurrences detailedhad happened, and that he had consigned it on his return to thiscountry, into the hands of a venerable friend, who had retained itfor two years, without finding the leisure necessary to correct andprepare it for publication. In the execution of the trust reposed inme, I considered it proper to reconstruct the narrative out of thematerials[Pg vi] with which I was furnished; retaining, at the same time,every important incident in its place, and in no case suppressing theutterance of the devout experience of the writer. For the fidelity withwhich I have adhered to the original facts, I hold myself responsiblealike to Captain Yule and to the Christian public; and I am ha