Excerpt from The Narrative of a Journey, Undertaken in the Years 1819, 1820 and 1821: Through France, Italy, Savoy, Switzerland, Parts of Germany Bordering on the Rhine, Holland, and the Netherlands The very peculiar circumstances under Which the Author professes to obtrude the present volume upon public notice, appear to require some expla nation, were it only to obviate suspicions Which might arise, that the general detail of circum stances Which it comprises, has been the produc tion of an active imagination, rather than'a rela tion of the occurrences of real life; forhe is fully aware, that such a construction might be put upon the apparent anomaly of the travels of one, Whose loss of sight, a source of information natu rally considered indispensable in such an under taking, must greatly limit his power of acquiring. 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.