Drawn by Frothard

Engraid by

Modland

First he turned to me, and pointing to them, said, These, Sir,

are ne

of the gentlemen who owe their lives to you,

Bellybt July 1790 by 1. Steckdate, Piccadilly ·

LI IFE.

And of the Strange Surprizing Account of his

TRAVELS

Round three parts of the Globe.

Written by Himself -

VOL. II.

LONDON

Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly.)

1790

THE fuccefs the former part of this WORK has met with in the world, has yet been no other than is acknowledged to be due to the surprising variety of the subject, and to the agreeable manner of the performance.

All the endeavours of envious people to reproach it with being a romance, to fearch it for errors in geography, inconfiftency in the relation, and contradictions in the fact, have proved abortive, and as impotent as mali

cious.

The juft application of every incident, the religious and useful inferences drawn from every part, are so many teftimonies to the good defign of making it public, and must legitimate all the part that may be called invention or parable in the story.

VOL. II.

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