Memoirs of Don Juan Van Halen, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from Memoirs of Don Juan Van Halen, Vol. 2 of 2: Comprising the Narrative of His Imprisonment in the Dungeons of the Inquisition at Madrid, and of His Escape, His Journey to Russia, His Campaign With the Army of the Caucasus, &C., &C, These once concluded, I found myself master of a passport, ten letters of introduction, a purse with scarcely sixty pounds in it, and a port teau of clothes more fit for the drawing-room than for travelling. Such were the slender means with which I resolved to meet the rigour of a climate like that of Russia, and to undertake a journey by land, so long and painful, to seek my fortunes among a people of whose character I was totally ignorant, notwithstanding the various accounts I had read respecting them, and the information I was indebted for to the friend of the banker but to overbalance these inconveniences, I had good health, a better resolution, and the most sanguine hopes of success.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.