AT LAST: A CHRISTMAS IN THE WEST INDIES




TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE HON. SIR ARTHUR GORDON, GOVERNOR OF MAURITIUS




My Dear Sir Arthur Gordon,

To whom should I dedicate this book, but to you, to whom I owe my
visit to the West Indies? I regret that I could not consult you
about certain matters in Chapters XIV and XV; but you are away again
over sea; and I can only send the book after you, such as it is,
with the expression of my hearty belief that you will be to the
people of Mauritius what you have been to the people of Trinidad.

I could say much more. But it is wisest often to be most silent on
the very points on which one longs most to speak.

Ever yours,

C. KINGSLEY.



CHAPTER I: OUTWARD BOUND