Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels Into the Interior of That Country Executed Under the Orders of the British Government in the Years 1809 and 1810: In Which Are Included an Account of the Portuguese Settlements on the East Coast of Africa Visite

Excerpt from A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels Into the Interior of That Country Executed Under the Orders of the British Government in the Years 1809 and 1810: In Which Are Included an Account of the Portuguese Settlements on the East Coast of Africa Visited in the Course of the Voyage; A Concise Narrative of Late Events in Arabia Felix<br><br>To his views I beg leave to express my very grateful acknowledgments by de dicating this Volume to your royal highness. Should it succeed in attract ing your notice to the present forlorn and distracted state Of Abyssinia so far as to induce your royal highness to pro mote the welfare Of that country by the introduction Of useful arts together with a judicious advancement Of the true te-f nets Of the Christian Religion among its inhabitants I shall feel that my exertions in this cause have not been in vain and in the meanwhile as the best reward Of my labours shall continue to look for ward to the consolatory hope Of witness ing the beneficial changes which the bounty and wisdom: Of your royal highness may effect in the condition Of that remote Country.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.