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PREFACE..lX.to tbat'whieh the ,moneyed man caUs realizing. lt fertilizes, while it,j"c&urtifiBs.FF,the ~ind; and, by insulating the babits,renders bim whoe~~rciseshis faculty independent of society~'Fhere ,will be a great difference, however, between the written travelsof~ma'I1whotravelstow'l'ite, and one who does not, merit apart.'Phef'ormer notèswhat,hethinks, will illterest otijers j tije latter only"what interests himself. Sorne wouId'fain confine the writer of travels tothe dramatic unities. On the other hand, he daims the privilege offeeling.'Fhus a poster of roads will writerapidly; a sick man querulously;'~,,' tired 013n, scantily; a contemplative one; diffusely; ,a wiseman, rationally; a shallow one, frivolously; ~ fool, absl1rdly. Be aUthis as it may, however done to please him, who does il:-one l'Olemotive of publication is legitimate-that is, to serve mankind.In regard to the efforts at scientific elucidation, in the present work,the author will certainly attempt no apology :-he would have toiled tovery little purpose indeed had he tota11y neglected them. Perhaps thearticle Geology may tiU sorne pages; he is not incliI;led to thmw doubtsthereupon, it being a subject so agreeable to bis mind. The outlinesof thisgrand science, are the delight of reflection: they are the linkwhichunites ,es;,rth to heaven, as etymologies are those which connect,m~llto mllll, howey,erremotely dispersed over our planet. Here be itobserved, the great obJects of nature, the awf111 considerations whichimpress the mind from thelr contemplation, will, as they expandthought, if the inconveniencebe not vigilantly guarded against, inflateexpression; for who is madf;} ofsuch. stuffas to be able to view all nèaturethrough a she~t of ict} ?b