The Wonders of Creation, Natural and Artificial, Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from The Wonders of Creation, Natural and Artificial, Vol. 1 of 2: Being an Account of the Most Remarkable Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Cataracts, Mineral Springs, Miscellaneous Curiosities, and Antiquities in the World, Compiled From Geographers, Historians, and Travellers, of the Greatest CelebrityHere the reader may expatiate on. Things worthy admiration, and View, as they rise, these-wonders, which owe'their existence to the immediate hand of God, or the effect'of human invention. He must not be discour aged by the length of the journey, for he 'will find such a variety of entertaining oh jects by the way, as will make him forget the pains he may take in climbing the rugged Alps, or traversing the deserts of Africa. Besides, if he make proper re¿ections on the Surprising works of Providence, as well as those the art of man has produced, he will not only have the pleasure of gratifying his curiosity, but probably enlarge his stock both of piety and knowledge.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.