Autobiography, Vol. 5

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Excerpt from Autobiography, Vol. 5: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published AS nothing is of a more amiable nature, so nothing makes a stronger and more lasting impression on the mind, than truth and what ever regard some may pay to a wittily contriv ed, and ingenious tale, the best that can be said of it, is, 'that it is a gay delusion, and an idle amusement, exposed to view in the fairest and most advantageous light. The following historical narrative needs no such disguise or ornament to recommend it, for Captain W. Mackat, (who, by his certifi cate, has assured the public that he believed the account our author has given of his sur prising adventures to be just and true), was not only a gentleman of an unblemished cha racter, in regard to his honour and veracity, but well known to be a man of too great a for tune and good sense, than to countenance and give a public sanction to a trivial fable or im position without doubt, this gentleman, as well as the captains of other ships, informed himself of a Case so singular and surprising, for at yong-old, where he took the anthor on board, William Purser a native of Feraingher. 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.