Excerpt from The Brother-Middies and Slavers, AhoyAutumnal morning in the year of grace 1812. The gentle mists which had lain brooding over the surface of the earth were being gradually dissipated by the warm rays of the revivifying sun, and like evanescent smoke curled up amongst the umbrageous oaks and mighty beeches, which in antique and picturesque groupings studded the Old park of Hazeldene in all directions - causing them to look grotesque and huge through the.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.