Under the mizzen mast: A voyage round the world

Under the mizzen mast: A voyage round the world

So much interest in this narrative has been expressed that the author has been led to insert in a new edition things which it would have contained in the first, had the design been to give more than a brief sketch of the voyage. 7 9 There are so many running to and fro, and knowledge is thereby so increased, that I doubted, at first, if my friends did well to ask me to write for publication an account of my voyage. But I considered that impressions made on every10 new observer add something to the already large information of intelligent readers, besides reviving agreeable recollections. The thought that I may suggest to some friend in need of long rest one means of finding it, or encourage him to adopt it, leads me to give, as requested, the following narrative. The writer, having been ill in the early part of 1869, was advised by physicians and friends to try the effect of foreign travel; but in what direction it was difficult to decide. With every suggestion of experienced friends there would arise some association of fatigue in sight-seeing, of monotony in resting long in one place. Pleasant as it would be to nestle in some quiet nook in Switzerland, or to take up an abode in one of the Channel Islands,Alderney, for example, where there would be much to gratify curiosity, and where the distance from the11 centres of information would not be great,the thought of being confined to one place or even district of country, or of being tempted to visit interesting scenes, and especially to make the acquaintance of interesting men, awakened such anticipations of labor as to forbid any hope of restoration from that source. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 69192
Author: Adams, Nehemiah
Release Date: Oct 21, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Henry Hoyt
Publication Date: 1873
Publisher Country: United States