Excerpt from Eight Years in Asia and Africa, From 1846 to 1855 Ent begins to reach the remotest parts of the with its rays objects and conditions, which been condemned for ever to an icy death ple words: Science now more than ever felt, and all that does not rest. 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.