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Download or read book The World Displayed, Or a Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 5 of 8 written by Christopher Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The World Displayed, or a Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 5 of 8: Selected and Compiled From the Writers of All Nations Stepping at a Village for want of wind, we vifited the governor of the place, who offered us cofiee, and at our departure fent after us a: preten eggs. On our arrival at Guardin, we alfo Waited nor, who Would have entertained us, and not only fent us a lamb and 100 eggs, bur came on horfeback to the boat to return the Vifit; and the villa] honours being paid him, it was intimated that he would think wine an acceptable prefent; which was accordingly fe after it was dark, to prevent giving 'umbrage to the more conicientivous Muffelmans. 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.