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Excerpt from A Memoir of Richard Williams, Surgeon: Catechist to the Patagonian Missionary Society in Tierra Del Fuego Though the subject of this thrilling sketch was a Wesleyan Methodist, the narrative is from the pen of Rev. Dr. Hamilton, of the Presbyterian Church, London, whose numerous and eloquent works have extended his reputation throughout the range of our language. Dr. Hamilton remarks in his preface, that "had the engagements of the Rev. William Arthur [a Wesleyan] allowed him to undertake the compilation of the following memoir, the public would have received from his hand a missionary biography as instructive, if not as exciting, as The Successful Merchant. 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.