Author : Robert Anderson
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ISBN 13 : 9781331401872
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (18 download)
Book Synopsis The Works of John Moore, M. D, Vol. 2 of 7 by : Robert Anderson
Download or read book The Works of John Moore, M. D, Vol. 2 of 7 written by Robert Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Works of John Moore, M. D, Vol. 2 of 7: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings Dear Sir, Having left Vienna, we proceeded through the duchies of Stiria, Carinthia, and Carniola, to Venice. Notwithstanding the mountainous nature of those countries, the roads are remarkably good. They were formed originally at a vast expense of labour to the inhabitants, but in such a durable manner, that it requires no great trouble to keep them in repair, to which all necessary attention seems to be paid. Some of the mountains are covered with wood, but more generally they are quite bare. Among them are many fields and valleys, fit for pasturage and the cultivation of grain; a few of these valleys are remarkably fertile, particularly in the duchy of Carniola. The bowels of the earth abound in lead, copper, and iron. Stirian steel is reckoned excellent: and the little town of Idra, in Carniola, is famous for the quicksilver mines in its neighbourhood. It has been a matter of controversy among the learned, (for the learned dispute about many things which the ignorant think of little importance), by what -pad the original inhabitants came, who first peopled Italy? And it has been decided by some, that they must have entered by this very country of Carniola. 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.