ITALY. LETTER IV. 35 



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.dbvE T T E R V. 



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Vmlct, Nov. 12, 1771. 

 ^ .noimloll: 

 T AM now going from Venice to Bologna ; 



JL and I give you by this poft an abftraft of 

 the different obfefvations, which my unwearied 

 worthy friend, Mr. Giou. Arduini, during fo many 

 years, has made on the nature of the Vicentinc and 

 Veronefe-hills, and which he has kindly commu- 

 nicated to me. You will fee by it how excellent a 

 Mirieralogift he is, and how great a lofs it would 

 prove to Natural Hiftory, if he mould not digeft 

 his obfervations into the form of a conveniently 

 cxtenfive fyftematical Treatife. What I can write 

 you is but a fketch of a plan, which he has pro- 

 vided materials to execute at large, and of whofd 

 excellence I judge, by the fmall famples I had an 

 opportunity to pick Up in converfing with him', 

 and in making obfervations afterwards myfelf. 



I have mentioned to you already two printed 



Letters t of Mr. Arduinfs to Mr. Valifmri. In 



thefe Letters he has divided the Vicentine and Ve- 



D 2 ronefe* 



