5 SPRINGS, RIVERS, CANALS, LAKES, 



All these rivers abound in fishes ; and the three principal, tfre 

 Douro, the Tagus, and the Guadiana, divide the kingdom of Spain 

 into three parts. 



In the province of Andalusia is the river Tinto, or Azeche, the 

 water of which cannot be drunk ; it is accused, indeed, of being 

 noxious even to herbs and the roots of trees, and has no kind of fish, 

 or any living creature, to inhabit its waters. 



To close the survey of rivers on the European continent, some of 

 those in Italy must necessarily be spoken of; in which country the 

 Apenuine mountains take their rise near the Alps, on the sea-coast, 

 in the territories of Genoa, and dividing Italy into almost two equal 

 parts, reach to the straits that separate il from Sicily, and give rise 

 to an incredible variety of rivers that water this delightful country. 

 The largest and most remarkable of the rivers of ITALY are the 

 following. 



The Po, which rises in mount Viso, in Piedmont, one of the 

 highest of all the Alps, and after receiving upward of thirty small 

 rivers, discharges itself into the Adriatic, by seven different mouths. 

 It passes through Moutferrat, the Milanese and Mantua, laves the 

 borders of the Parmesan, and a part of the Modenese. It often over, 

 flows it* banks, causing great devastation. The Adige, in Latin 

 Athesis, has i<s source in the Uhaetiun Alps, and waters the cities of 

 Trent arid Verona, it being the only large river in Lombardy, and 

 instead of joining the Po, runs, like that river into the Adriatic. 

 The Arno flowing from the Appennine mountains, and failing into 

 the Tuscan sea near Pisa. The Tiber, which rises out of the Apen- 

 ninc mo r uotains, and at a small distance from Rome, empties itself 

 into that part of the Mediterranean called the Tuscan sea. It is 

 known in Italy by the name of Tivere. Its waters are generally so 

 thick and muddy at Rome, that even horses are not watered in its 

 stream ; but after standing two or three days, it works itself clear, 

 and becomes fit for drinking. The bed of the river being raised by 

 the ruins of many houses which have fallen into it, and its mouth 

 much choaked up, it frequently overflows its banks, more especially 

 when a strong south wind blows.. 



The principal rivers of England are the Thames, the Severn, the 

 Trent, and the Humber. 



The THAMES, if considered with respect to its course and uavi. 



