Excerpt from Narrative of the Life and Sufferings of a Young British Captive; William B. Lighton: Minister This being the motive by which the follow ing pages have been compiled, he would pre sent them to the candid Public, in unison with the sentiments and wishes of friends, and kin derd, who are far separated from' him by the mighty deep, with a desire that it may be ren dered a blessing, both to them, and to every American youth. 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.