Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from An Overland Journey to Lisbon at the Close of 1846, Vol. 2 of 2: With a Picture of the Actual State of Spain and Portugal
Dificulty of proceeding to Portugal. - Primitive convey ance - An honest carrier and honester Boniface. Reflections on 'the frontier. - Results of my journey through Spain. - Eleven Peninsular battle-fields. - Est'r mate of Spanish character. Futility of diplomacy in this country. - A prisoner en capture - The logic of cuatro tires. - A hard bargain -arrival of a reprieve. - The bargain broken. - Parallel in a hanging match. 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.
