Excerpt from Perilous Adventures: Or, Remarkable Instances of Courage, Perseverance, and Suffering The design of this work is to present to the reader such instances of courage, constancy, and perseverance, under circumstances the most perilous and appalling, as will most conspicuously show the power of the human mind to triumph over difficulties, and that nothing is to be despaired of where there is self-possession to look danger fearlessly in the face, and promptly to take advantage of emergencies as they arise. Truth, it has been said, is often more marvellous than fiction, and the realities here exhibited strikingly exemplify the correctness of this remark. Each narrative is complete in itself, presenting a finished portraiture of the most prominent actors, and a full account of the events to which it relates. The reader, therefore, will derive much valuable historical information from this volume, in addition to the pleasure experienced in its perusal. The publishers would farther state, that the articles composing this work have been taken from one of a larger size, the most valuable and interesting having been selected by the American editor for this object. 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.