Manak. TRANSATLANTIC SKETCHES, COMPRISING VISITS TO THE MOST INTERESTING SCENES IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND THE WEST INDIES. WITH NOTES ON NEGRO SLAVERY AND CANADIAN EMIGRATION. BY CAPT. J. E. ALEXANDER, 42D ROYAL HIGHLANDERS. F.R.G.S. M.R.A.S. ETC. AUTHOR OF TRAVELS IN AVA, PERSIA, ETC. PHILADELPHIA: KEY AND BIDDLE, 23 MINOR STREET, 1833. Checked INTRODUCTION. IN submitting these Sketches of Voyages and Travels in the Western Hemisphere to the public, I beg to state the reasons why I undertook them, and also to furnish an outline of the route which I followed, in order that the reader may clearly understand the nature of the work which he may think it worth his while to peruse. In the beginning of 1831, being unattached to any regiment, and having already visited may parts of the Old World, I determined on an expedition to the New, previous to returning to full pay. I communicated my intention to the Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, and to other literary and scientific individuals, and volunteered to execute commissions for them in America or the West Indies. I thus obtained a series of interrogatories to answer, and in collecting information for myself, had my attention directed to other matters of great interest, which I might otherwise have omitted to notice. |