The Cryptogram

Excerpt from The Giant Raft, Vol. 2: The Cryptogram In short, Manaos has none Of the fabulous splendours Of the mythical capital Of El Dorado. It is an ordinary town Of about 5000 inhabitants, and Of these at least 3000 are in Government employ. This fact is to be attributed to the number of its public buildings, which consist Of the Legislative Chamber, the Government House, the Trea sury, the post-office, and the Custom-house, and, in addi tion, a college founded in 1848, and a hospital erected in 1851. When with these is also mentioned a cemetery on the south side Of a hill, on which, in 1669, a fortress. 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.