Excerpt from The Convict Ship Vol. 1 of 3. I was in my twenty-fourth year When I under went the tragic and amazing experiences Which with the help of a friend I propose to relate in these pages. I am now seventy seven; but I am in good health and enjoy all my faculties saving my hearing; my memory is brisk and my friends find it very faithful and What is here set down you may accept as the truth.. 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.