Excerpt from Journey to Ararat Yet the history and results of these expedi tions are' by no means generally known either in Great Britain or the United States. Of the narratives of scientific voyages and travels pub lished abroad, comparatively 'few, and those only the most trivial, are ever translated into English. Though replete with matter of the most interesting kind, yet they are generally ei ther too cumbrous in style or too voluminous to suit a people with whom habits of busmess have generated a distaste for whatever seems pedantic or prolix. Their attractiveness thus escapes notice, and a large mine of valuable in formation; practical as Well as scientific, remains inaccessible to the English reader. 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.