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Excerpt from The Crusoes of Guiana, or the White Tiger The convict establishment where was passing in February, 18 5 the prologue of the drama which we are about to tell, was called it. Laurent. It was but recently founded, and was an offshoot of that in the Island of Cayenne. The convicts were not yet up to their full number, and did not exceed 500. The place was unhealthy. Marsh fevers were frequent, and the work of clearing the ground crushing. 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.