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Excerpt from The Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus Count De Benyowsky, in Siberia, Kamchatka, Japan, the Liukiu Islands and Formosa: From the Translation of His Original Manuscript (1741-1771) This account in the Gentleman's Magazine was doubtless communicated by Mr. Nathaniel Barlow, who took it down from the Colonel' s own words at Macao when the Hungarian refugees arrived there; and the same gentleman adds in a private letter, published by Mr. Nicholson. 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.