Excerpt from An Excursion in France, and Other Parts of the Continent of Europe, From the Cessation of Hostilities in 1801, to the 13th of December 1803: Including a Narrative of the Unprecedented Detention of the English Travellers in That Country, as Prisoners of WarThe purpofe of this narrative, for which I do not pretend to claim the rank of tra A 3 vels, u v'els, is'to communicate unconnefted traits of public character and proceedings, which have come, in fome cafes exclufively, under my own obfervhtlon fo as to increafe the means by which thofe of my countrymen, who have not vifited' France, may be ena bled to form a judgment of the difference between the Englilh and French people, and between the Englifh and French go vernments. It includes an account of the detention, as prrfoners, in direct violation of the laws of nations and of the rights of hofpitality, of all the Englifh travellers, who were 111 France, or its dep'endencres, at the breaking out of the war, together With a detail of the manner in which, as one of the perfons lo circumfi'anced, I obtained permifiion to quit France, and fome parti eulers ofmy journeyfrom Paris to England, through Bordeaux.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.