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Excerpt from Voyages From Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans, in the Years 1789 and 1793 On presenting this Volume to my Country, it is not necessary to enter into a particular account of those voyages whose journals form the principal part of it, as they will be found, I trust, to explain themselves. It appears, however, to be a duty, which the Public have a right to e...

Excerpt from Spain Revisited, Vol. 2 of 2 The University - The Classless Lecturer - Library Bull against Book Thieves Disputations Latin Jokes Monkish Professors Cathedral Tower View Sur. 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 r...

Excerpt from Spain Revisited, Vol. 1 of 2 Having been mainly instrumental, my dear Upshur, in inducing you, some years ago, by what I had written, to make the tour of Spain, it has occurred to me that, after so indulgently receiving my previous work of travels in that country, you might not be unwilling to accept the dedication of these additional volumes on the same subject. Perhaps, as your memory is a good one, you may not have forgotten t...

Excerpt from Voyages From Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793: With an Account of the Rise and State of the Fur Trade On presenting this Volume to my Country, it is not necessary to enter into a particular account of those voyages whose journals form the principal part of it, as they will be found, I trust, to explain themselves. It appears, however, to be a duty, which the Public ...

Excerpt from The Life of Flora Macdonald, and Her Adventures With Prince Charles: With a Life of the Author, and an Appendix Giving the Descendents of the Famous Heroine Her Life by her grand-daughter, Mrs. Wylde, is admittedly a romance in which fiction predominates and the general reader is quite unable to separate the fiction from the facts. The Rev. Author of this narrative had opportunities of Obtaining information which enabled him to ...

Excerpt from The History of the Highland Clearances Estates during the time the removals were carried out. There are also given graphic and realistic word pictures of these evictions by the Rev. Donald Sage. The general arrangement of the book has been altered to the extent of grouping together the accounts relating to each particular county, and descriptions are added of a number of Clearances which were not dealt with in the first edition. ...

Excerpt from History of the Munros of Fowlis: With Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name: To Which Are Added Those of Lexington and New England There are many other kind friends to whom, on behalf of my father, I must tender acknowledgments for the assistance they rendered in giving him the use Of genea logical information, and, in some cases, valuable family papers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thou...

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Excerpt from Report on Current-Meter Observations in the Mississippi River, Near Burlington, Iowa, During the Month of October, 1879: Illustrated by One Sketch and Forty-One PlatesSix meters were used for these current observations, and were usually set on the wire cable equidistant from each other, and at the same distance from the bottom and surface of the river, for instance, in 21 feet depth of water the upper meter would be 3 feet below t...

Excerpt from Voyages From Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans: In the Years 1789 and 1793, With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of That CountryThe general utility of fuch a difcovery, has been univerfally ac knowledged, while the wilhes of my particular friends and commercial aifpciates, that I fhould proceed in the purfuit...

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