Excerpt from John W. Gould's Private Journal of a Voyage From New York to Rio De Janeiro: Together With a Brief Sketch of His Life, and His Occasional Writings Before commencing John's Journal, it is deemed best to pre sent some extracts from letters written by him to his mother shortly before sailing; that his own views with regard to the voyage may be preserved. 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.