Excerpt from Adra, or the Peruvians: The Ruined City, &C, In regard to the story, it may be necessary to State, that it is entirely a fable from beginning to end, and those who are minutely acquainted with the scenes in which it is laid, will perceive that the writer has taken a good many liberties with various places and things, to adapt them to his own purposes, nevertheless, he believes that his local descriptions are sufficiently correct to save 'him from severe censure in this respect.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.