GEOFFREY GAMBADO 



TO THE READER. 



1 FLATTER myfelf the following com- 

 pilation v/ill not prove unwelcome to the 

 Public ; it blends information with amufe- 

 ment, and confirms how general is the thirfl; 

 for knowledge in the prefent times, which 

 is not to be idly checked by the lofs of a 

 limb or a life. The adventurers of this 

 age are divided into two dalles — per mare, 

 per terras — of which latter dcfcription are 

 my correfpondents. Thofe of the former, 

 fancy they difcover much, by being at fea 

 for months together without fight of land 

 —by the wanting wine and water, and get- 

 b 2 ting 



