Excerpt from A Modern Ulysses, Being the Life, Loves, Adventures, and Strange Experiences of Horace Durand, Vol. 1 of 3 I am disposed to believe that the govern ment of this fortress built by Nature for herself will favourably entertain the pro posal of which you did me the honour to make me the bearer, for the reason that at the present time there is some jealousy of the French, who are Showing what is called a Chauvinistic spirit of enterprise, which conflicts with the policy of England, inas much as it is contended that we are the only people who have any right to extend their Imperial and Colonial possessions. 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.