Excerpt from A Geological Account of the United States: Comprehending a Short Description of Their Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Productions, Antiquities and Curiosities
IN treating of the Climate, the Geology, and the Winds of the United States, the divisions and remarks of Mr. Volney have been assumed as the basis - in many respects they are extremely ac curate and ingenious, and justify the opinion which has been formed of his talents for physical geogra phy but care has been taken, at the same time, to correct some important errors, into which he had fallen, and to supply his defects. As to the rest of the work, the authorities upon which the facts and statements are founded, are generally giv en, and the reader may be assured, that the most scrupulous attention has been exercised in ascer taining their accuracy.
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