Life With the Esquimaux, Vol. 1 of 2: The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall of the Whaling Barque "George...
- ISBN-10
- 0266570127
- ISBN-13
- 9780266570127
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 340
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-10-21
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Author
- Charles Francis Hall
Description
Excerpt from Life With the Esquimaux, Vol. 1 of 2: The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall of the Whaling Barque "George Henry," From the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th September, 1862 As this book is to be a work of narrative and adventure, and not one of argument and discussion, I shall touch but very lightly upon those subjects which might lead to the latter, while I endeavour to give as much variety and as much fulness of detail as possible to the former. That argument and discussion may arise from portions of what I advance is very probable but, if so, it will be better to enter upon such in another form than this. Readers very naturally expect to be entertained, as well as, perchance, instructed in what a voyager or traveller puts before them. Long, prosy dissertations are seldom wanted. All that most people require is a truthful report of personal doings in strange lands, and a faithful record of incidents, discoveries, and interesting events connected with them. Such, then, is the task I have taken in hand, with the hope that a ready excuse will be granted for all those imperfections necessarily consequent upon the mode and manner of my carrying on the work in which I was engaged. I pledge myself as to the literal accuracy of what I state, and my readers will be able to see, as they move onward with me through my narrative, how difficult it was - alone, and with no other pair of hands, no other mind, no other thought, sense, or perception but my own - to record, day by day, the occurrences that came under my eye. 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 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.
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