Excerpt from Travels Into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, Vol. 1 of 2: Interspersed With Historical Relations and Political Inquiries Throughout this work I have fcrupuloully Cited the authors whom I have confulted, and have fubjoined in the Appendix to the firft vo lume a lift of the principal books employed on this occafion, (with an explanation of the references by which they are difiinguifhed. I cannot clofe this preface without exprefiing my Obligations to Mr. Wraxall, Mr. Pennant, and Dr. Pulteney, for their refpeetive afiiftance, acknowledged in the couffe of the work. Colonel Floyd alfo Claims my finceref'c thanks for communicating his accurate Journal of our Tour, to whofe obfervations and defcriptions, befide the extraeis in the following pages, I gratefully myfelf zin debted for many interefiing particulars.[vii. 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.