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Diary in America, Series One, by
Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat) This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: Diary in America, Series One
Author: Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
Release Date: October 21, 2007 [EBook #23137]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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Diary in America--Series One
by Captain Marryat.
Volume the First--Introduction.
After many years of travel, during which I had seen men under almost every variety of government, religion, and climate, I looked round to discover if there were not still new combinations under which human nature was to be investigated. I had traversed the old country until satisfied, if not satiated; and I had sailed many a weary thousand miles from west to east, and from north to south, until people, manners, and customs were looked upon by me with indifference.
The press was constantly pouring out works upon the new world, so contradictory to each other, and pronounced so unjust by the Americans, that my curiosity was excited. It appeared strange to me that travellers whose works showed evident marks of talent should view the same people through such very different mediums; and that their gleanings should, generally speaking, be of such meagre materials. Was there so little to be remarked about Ameri