Salt Springs of Moutiers. °° 207 
the great eboulements, caused by clearing away the wood from the 
_ sides of the mountains, obliged the government to abandon the mines, 
and undertake the manufacture of salt atthe Salines. These mines 
are mentioned by the Roman historians. : 
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~ The volumes from which the foregoing extract is taken, deserve a 
full notice in a Journal of Science. They contain many facts and 
views that are interestiug to.science, particularly to geology, in which 
the author has shewn himself a skillful and independent observer. 
But the work is not to be regarded merely as a book of scientific trav- 
els; itis also popular, and interesting to all readers who value sound 
information on a great variety of the subjects which are among the 
Most interesting to man. The vigorof mind, the candor and recti- 
tude of judgment, and the power of exciting interest and conveying 
instruction, which the author, in still earlier years, discovered in his ge- 
ology, are very apparent in his travels. Society, in domestic life as 
well as among the learned; the arts, useful and ornamental ;_ histori- 
cal facts, especially as connected with particular places and scenes ; 
the face of nature both in grandeur and wildness, and in the loveliness 
of cultivation; these and many other subjects give diversity to the 
author’s pages, and furnish entertainment and instruction for readers 
of various mental acquirements and taste. 
~ Geology is a prominent subject, but.in general, the topics of this 
_ ‘Rature are so arranged that they may be omitted by those readers to 
‘whom they are not interesting. ‘To all who cultivate this branch of 
knowledge, they will however prove highly acceptable. eis 
We have rarely met with a book of travels containing no perilous 
adventures, in which there is more that is at once interesting and val- 
uable; it is a solid, manly, and useful production, and the animated 
Style and discriminating observations of the author, prevent the book 
from becoming heavy. Itseems however, not to be much known even 
in England, and not at all in the United States. If any thing which 
We can suggest should contribute to bring it more before the scien- 
tific and literary public of both countries, we should be gratified, es~ 
pecially, as the work is remarkably free from prejudices, and pecu- 
liarly from those which English critics often point out in their coun- 
‘tymen. It contains some fine colored engravings and numerous 
Woods cuts from origihal drawings. 3 
