Excerpt from Travels in North America It was not with Philips as with some giddy men. Who no sooner entertain a. Wish than they are impatient to gratii' it. If prudence had forbidden'it, he could have given up his plan without regret, ' and remained at home, but the fact. Was, no such consideration existed to check his purpose. His two partners were fully com: petent to carry on the businessduring his absence, and he therefore saw no obstacle to the indul gence of his inclination. A vessel which he longed to one of his commercial friends, was about to sail for Barbadoes, and after touching at several of the other West India Islands, to sail to Vera Cruz, a considerable sea port on the eastern coast of New Spain. In this way, thought he as be traced his future course upon the map, I shall gain a knowledge of that nu mercus cluster of islands wh1ch are called the. West. Indies, and having landed in the kingdom of New Spain, my acquaintance with North America will be resumed almost at the Isthmus ofpanama, which divides it from South America, and should the Almighty grant the health, I may then shape my course Northwards, according, to circumstances. 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.