overtures. Civilization which pretends to impose itself by violence,
slaughter and sackage only sows hatred. The pretended saviours become
oppressors, and having begun by force they are compelled to resort to
force if they wish to keep the dominion which a ferment of hatred,
little by little, is undermining.

Therefore no arms, no missions (tending to substitute one terror for
another) but only patience and calmness are necessary for the conquest
of those simple souls and to subsequently teach them, through example,
to devote themselves to work. They must be made to feel that
civilization is useful, the inspirer of good and not an insidious
injurer.

What can savages think when they are subjected to depredation and
bloodshed by those who, with these measures, have come to them to
proclaim the principles of respect for other people's property and the
inviolability of human life?

It is indeed a great pleasure to me finding that to-day the Sakais no
longer distrust civilization and some of them, especially the younger
ones, do not refuse or shrink from work as they once did and neither do
they oppose such an obstinate resistance to those innovations which I
too had a part in introducing among them.

I leave it to my readers to judge if I am guilty of vanity in thus
expressing my contentment.

And now I have finished.

[Transcriber's Note: This errata prepared by the author/translator is
included for historical and archival interest only. All the changes
specified by this errata have already been implemented in the etext.]

ERRATA

Page 14 line 26 -- _qualities_.

" 39 " 32 -- _wished_.

" 50 " 16 -- read _debtors_ for _creditors_.

Chap. IV " 3 -- _twilight_.

Page 61 " 3 -- _centuries_.

" 80 " 14 -- _inefficacious_.

" 84 " 19 -- _safeguard_.

Chap. VIII " 7 -- _coronation_.

Page 85 " 12 -- _gratify_.

" 96 " 30 -- _previous_.

" 107 " 12 -- _too_.

" 111 " 13 -- _too_.

" " " 17 -- _search_.

" 112 " last line -- _enjoy_.

" 124 " 1 -- _attained_.

" 128 " last line -- _equal_.

" 131 " 28 -- for _economic_ read _financial_.

" 133 " 29 -- _consequence_.

" 134 " 13 -- _witho