Excerpt from Travels in Various Parts of Peru, Including a Year's Residence in Potosi, Vol. 1 of 2Numerous travellers have written on the pre sent state of South America, and, although I have myself not overlooked existing circum stances, yet, I confess that I have taken greater pleasure'ln contemplating what that country may, and most probably will become, than in expatiat ing on subjects of which we have heard so much from others. All the physical elements of great ness there exist, the moral only are what require to be called forth and developed. Under this idea, the views which I have taken of the coun try and its inhabitants are, for the most part, prospective.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.