Excerpt from The Story of a Heathen and His Transformation<br><br>Turning from the dark to the light Side: the seasons come and go with almost perfect regularity; the climate is the temperate zone in perfection; ice rarely forms over an inch in thickness, and snow, except in the mountainous regions, is scarcely' ever seen over twenty-four hours old.<br><br>The winds from the ocean temper both the heat of summer and the cold of winter, and make most of the country healthful and inviting as a place of resi dence for all the year. The sky is that of Italy, and many times the air has a softness and a balm unknown elsewhere.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.