Excerpt from A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage Up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt, and of a Route Through the the Deserts of Thebais: Hitherto Unknown to the European Traveller, in the Year 1777 N the publication of a work of this nature, fomething may be expected by way of prelude. If the plaudit of the public is not to be purchafed, their indulgence may poflibly be 'fecured. But nei ther of thefe motives has influenced the author to trefpafs upon their time. He would deprecate their pardon, not for having given birth to this production, but'for having introduced it immaturely to the oh ofervation of the public. What little polifh would the clofe application of two years throw upon a body of this magnitude 1 And yet, amid a variety of other avo cations, two years only has the author been allowed to tranfcribe, correct, and finifh it. He fays, allowed, as neceflity prefcribes the term, and his duty calls him to a dif'tant part of the globe, to perform other engagements, to pay other debts, than what the defire of pleafingf prompts, or the love of fame exacts from him.' 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.