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Excerpt from Darien or the Merchant Prince
He halted on a hillock about half amile from the cottage; it appeared to be a mound of loose stones, and was vividly green with long grass and nettles, though all round, as, far as we could see, was purple heath. I soon discovered that it was the base of some ruined tower, the rest of which had fallen ln small fragments into the precipice which yawned on two sides of the spot that we occupied. I observed to him that it was a strong position. 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.