WONDERS

OF

NATURE AND ART;

OR,

A CONCISE ACCOUNT

OF

WHATEVER IS MOST CURIOUS AND REMARKABLE

IN

THE WORLD;

Whether relating to its Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral
Productions, or to the Manufactures, Buildings, and
Inventions of its Inhabitants,

Compiled from Historical and Geographical Works of established
Celebrity, and illustrated with the Discoveries of modern Travellers.

Author of the UNIVERSAL ATLAS, SACRED MIRROR, &C. &C

By the Rev. THOMAS SMID SAU

"Review these numerous scenes at once survey
Nature's extended face, then Sceptics say,
In this wide field of wonders, can you find
No art discover'd, and no end design'd?"

THDRAW

VOL. I.

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PREFACE.

To curiosity, which is, in a greater or less degree, implanted in the breast of every reasonable being, we stand indebted for the most important discoveries, the happiest improvements, and the greatest blessings of civilization. It is this which has given life and energy to the Arts, and strewed the rugged paths of Science with unfading flowers; to this we owe the matchless benefits of commerce and navigation; and in the future gratification of this passion, if properly directed, we may expect to reap many solid advantages.

The mind of man, conscious of its divine origin, and proud of its superiority in the scale of Creation, is ever busied in the pursuit of knowledge, and the investigation of those numerous objects with which it is surrounded. The embroidered earth, the wide extended seas, and the beauteous canopy of heaven, afford ample scope for meditation; and the mind that is neither biassed by pre

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