Asimpleandeasystyle，akeenhabitofobservation，longacquaintancewiththecountry，azealfortheconversionoftheinfidel，notonlytoChristianity，buttoamorecomfortablemodeoflife，towhichheaddsafaithsufficienttomovetheCordilleraoftheAndes，butatthesametimerestrictedbyacommon
senseandveracitynotalwaysobservableinreligiouswriters，renderDobrizhofferapersonalfriendaftertheperusalofhiswritings。
Dobrizhoffer\'sbookwaswritteninLatin，andprintedinViennain1784
underthetitleof`HistoriadeAbiponibus\'，etc。AGermantranslationbyProfessorKeilwaspublishedatPesthinthesameyear。
TheEnglishtranslationisoftheyear1822。