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Excerpt from Gullible's Travels to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Of Late I Had Noticed that my dignified title of "Captain Gullible" had been abbreviated to the more familiar one of "Cap" by many of the younger occupants of the Farallones. This, with numerous other slights, forced the conclusion upon me that while unwillingto declare myself ill-treated, I was being neglected to the point of contempt. I was born and raised on this small island group, situated not many miles from the Golden Gate, but that has nothing to do with the story of my adventures, which I am now about to relate. I had often looked longingly toward the mainland, which I saw outlined in the distance, and believing that some day it would be my good fortune to travel and see more of the world, I had closely observed the customs and manners of passengers on the boats which, in fair weather and "fowl," I had industriously followed. I had also gained some knowledge of different languages by the same close observation and the strength of my memory. My responsibilities and active duties had ceased upon the death of my little gray mate, and I felt that at last I was in a position to satisfy my desire for travel and scientific research. Therefore, on the morning of the 19th day of February, 1915, after waiting until the other "gulls" had hurried away to "catch the first boat," I decided to leave the Farallones, firm in my determination not to return until I had seen "the world" and could come back covered with glory and renown. 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.