Excerpt from Narrative of the Expedition Which Sailed From England in 1817, to Join the South American Patriots: Comprising Every Particular Connected With Its Formation, History, and Fate; With Observations and Authentic Information Elucidating the Real Character of the Contest, Mode of Warfare, State of the Armies, &C It would be absurd to suppose. That [1510. Tives of a nature purely disinterested in ducedindividuals to' engage in an enter prise so hazardous and remote; but. Aln though my, principal reason for'acceptinga commission in the service of the South Ame? Rican Patriots, was a sanguine hope of pro moting that worldly prosperity in a foreign. Country, which my utmost exertions in my own had failed to procure; yet no considere ation would have prevailed on me to.adopt that course, had I conceived it to be one in; which a gentleman, a man of honour, and' abritish subject, could not with consistency engage. 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.