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Excerpt from The Rubi: A Tale of the Sea Of the story produced from these sources, many of the particular incidents are historical facts. Many, at the same time, are imaginary; while the structure of the whole in a connected narrative is purely fictitious. The scene is laid first in the Caribbean sea; then in a bay on the south-eastern coast of the Island of Cuba; and, lastly, among the keys or islets of the Bay of Honduras. The time occupied by the action is a period of thirty days, twenty of which are supposed to elapse between the conclusion of the first Canto, and the opening of the second; and about eight or nine early in the sixth. The remaining space of about thirty hours is occupied by the inter mediate Cantos. The tale is entitled Tm: Rom, after the Pirate ship, which is, so to speak, the hero, or more properly the heroine, of the story. The Pirates are represented in conformity with their historical character; for it has been no part of the purpose of the author to extenuate the enormity of vice, much less to invest it with the semblance of virtue. 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.