Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Sufferings of Thomas W. Smith

Excerpt from Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Sufferings of Thomas W. Smith: Comprising an Account of His Early Life, Adoption by the Gipsys; His Travels During Eighteen Voyages to Various Parts of the World, During Which He Was Five Times Ship-Wrecked; Thrice on a Desolate Island Near the South Pole, Once on the Coast of England The Author has presumed to present the public his Biography, which contains an account of the various scenes, through which he has passed during thirty-five years of his life, in his voyages and travels in various parts of the world. In writing, he has been under the necessity of trusting wholly to memory, not having kept a Journal of his Adventures; as the idea of their publication had not until recently occurred to him. As a writer, he claims no merit, not having been favored with the rudiments of a common English education; but to the authenticity of his Narrative, he claims as a christian, from the intelligent and candid, their implicit confidence. He therefore presents it to the community as a series of incidents, which scarcely has its parallel. Unadorned by the flowers of rhetoric, he leaves it to the reader, to judge of its merit or demerit. 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.