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Excerpt from An Historical Sketch of Goa, the Metropolis of the Portuguese Settlements in India: With an Account of the Present State of That Celebrated City, and of the Surrounding Territories Under Its Immediate Jurisdiction, Collected From the Most Authentic Sources The Reverend Denis Louis Cottineau de Kloguen, was born in Nantes, a Sea-port, S. W. of Paris, in France. In the early part of his life, he manifested a strong zeal for Religion, and an entire devotion to its pious cause, which made him assume Holy orders. Thinking, however, that his sphere of utility, in a country which teemed with persons of his profession, would be but very circumscribed, he resolved to go over to distant parts of the world/where his clerical labours might be more extensive, and where a larger field might offer itself for the exercise of those talents which he had received from the hands of nature; a great thirst after knowledge, and an acquaintance with the world, formed also two other ingredients in the compound of his resolution, to quit the land which saw him born, and wander on foreign soils. He accordingly left France, the place of his nativity, for England and America; and visited those Countries. 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.