Excerpt from An Account of the European Settlements in America It is not to be expected that a performance of this kind can be written equally throughout. In some places, the sub jcet refuses all ornament; and the matter, dry in itself, is by no art to be made otherwiser in some, a contagion commu nicated from the dulness of materials, which yet were necessary to the work, may probably appear in many, and perhaps the most blameable parts, the author alone must be answerable. 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.