China and Japan

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Excerpt from China and Japan: Being a Narrative of the Cruise of the U. S, Steam-Frigate Powhatan Yielding with unfeigned reluctance to the repeated and earnest persuasions of friends, who appeared to me to overrate my capabilities, I consented to gratify not only them, but, according to Job, the desire of those who count me as an enemy, by writing a book. It is not a scientific book - a book of erudite research and statistical records, nor yet a book replete with eloquence or well-rounded periods. It is a simple narrative of the most interesting occurrences, personal, professional, diplomatic, and national which came under my observation in the course of two years and three months' service as the Senior Lieutenant, or Executive Officer, of the Flag-ship of the East India and China Squadron, during the most eventful era that has occurred on that station within the last century. I have written almost entirely from memory, having only the scanty assistance afforded by my own letters to my wife daring absence. 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.