Excerpt from Travels in Greece, Palestine, Egypt, and Barbary, Vol. 1 of 2: During the Years 1806 and 1807 My tour was not undertaken with the intention of writing it; I had a very different design, and this design I have accomplished in the lilartyrsfi I went in quest of images and nothing more. I could not behold Sparta, Athens, Jerusalem, without making some reflexions. Those refleitions could not be introduced into the subject of an epopee; they were left in the journalwhich I kept of my tour, and it is these that I now submit to the public. 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.