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lations refpe^ing the fame Places ; fo that by this Means, 
Repetitions are for the moft part avoided, at the lame 
time that the Connexion, neceffary for underftanding 
Mr. Rafs Narrative of his Travels, is maintained 
throughout. Lajlly, it contributes not a little to the 
Variety and Entertainment, as well as the Utility and 
Inftruftion of a Work like this, to bring together as 
great a Diverfity of Travels as is poflible, becaufe as 
the old Provevb lays, Many Men^ many Minds, One 
Traveller makes his Remarks in one Manner, another 
in another *, one Ihews himfelf an Antiquary, another 
is an Hiftorian, a third a Critic, a fourth a Politician, 
a fifth a Philofopher j and in reading their feveral Re- 
marks, we profit by them all. Befides, it ought to be 
remembred, that as Travellers differ in their Notions, 
fo Readers vary alfo in their Sentiments of Things. 
Such as have a View to traverfe thefe Countries them- 
felves, cannot avoid fetting a high Value upon Mijfon^s 
Manner of Writing *, fuch as have a Tafte for Hiftory 
and Politicks, mull be charmed with Burnetts Method ; 
and thofe again, who are in Love with philofophick 
Enquiries, moral Reflexions, and Difcoveries that are 
Book II. 
ufeful to Society, will very probably prefer the Accounts 
given by Mr. Ray, to Mijfon and Burnet both. Gene- 
ral Readers who grafp at all, will receive SatisfaXion 
from comparing thefe different Methods, and find in 
Variety, what they would have miffed, if we had given 
them the very bell Relation that could have been fe- 
leXed, and that in its utmoft Extent. It was our Bu- 
finefs to gratify the Defires of every Reader, and this 
alone is a fufficient Apology for the Method that is 
here taken. A Library of Voyages and Travels implies 
that fuch Method Ihould be taken, and it always has 
been, and lhall be our Study to fulfil the Title of this 
Work, to make it as far as we can all that we have 
promifed, fo as to leave no Room for objeXing, that 
we have been fparing in our Pains to accomplifli what 
we propofed, and to comply with the ExpeXations of 
the Publick, which in all Cafes is unjull, and in ours 
would be highly ingrateful, confidering the kind Re- 
ception we have hitherto met with, and which as it en- 
courages, fo it lays us under an Obligation to ufe our 
Endeavours at leaft, to deferve it. 
Mr. R A Y ’s ^Travels 
SECTION VI. 
The Travels of the Reverend Mr. John Ray, through 
the Dominions of the State of Venice^ Lombariy^ Tufcany^ the 
Kingdom of Naples, the Iflands of Sicily and Malta^ the Ecclefi- 
aftical State, the Bilhoprick of Hrent^ the Country of the Grifons^ 
Switzerland^ ^c. 
InUrfperfed throughout with Hijierical, Political, Philofophical, Phyfical, and 
Moral RefieBions, together with an Account of Abundance of Curiofeties feen 
and examined in the Courfe of the Author s P' lyages and 'Travels, and many 
other entertaining and infruBive P articulars. 
An Introdudlory Account of what is to be expeSied from the following SeSlion. 2 , Obfermtions on the 
Situation^ Extent^ Number of People, Revenues, &c, of Venice. 3. Some curious Remarks on the 
Government of that Republick, 4. Curiofties of different Kinds feen by the Author there, with a 
very diftinSi and particular Account of the Art of making Venice Soap, 5. A fuccinSl Defcription of 
Padua, and of the Hot Baths at Abona. 6. An Account ^Vicenza, and of the chief Commodities in 
the Country round it, 7. The Cave of Culloza defcribed, together with the Manner of making Venti^ 
duBs, 8. The City of Verona, and the Country about it defcribed, 9. Some very curious Remarks 
on the State of 10. Ferrara <2 W Bologna defcribed, with an Account of the Country and 
Trade, ii. Some Remarks on the Dutchy of ModQn2i, and of the reigning Family, 12. The Cities 
^Reggio, Parma, Placentia, defcribed, with many ufeful Remarks, 13. An Account oj PvticiSL, 
Bergamo, and of the Country about thofe Cities, 14. Remarks upon Milan, and the Curiofties the 
Author faw there, 15. A Defcription of Turin, and of the Country of Piedmont. 16. very 
large and accurate Defcription of the City and Republick of Genoa. 17. The Author's Journey from 
thence to Leghorn, including a Defcription oj the principal Places in the Grand Dutchy o/’Tulcany’. 
18. The Author's Voyage to Naples, giving an Account of that City and Kingdom, 19. A Defer 
tion of the principal Places in the IJland ^Sicily. 20. The Author's Voyage from thence to the Ifland 
oj Malta, and a Defcription of that Place, its principal Commodities and ManufaBures, 21. An 
Account of the City ^Valetta, of the Knights ^ Malta, together with various Remarks on the Country 
and Inhabitants, 22. The Author's Return to, and farther Obfervations in, the If and of Sicily. 
23. His Voyage from thence to with fome curious Remarks on the different Provinces of \ that 
Kingdom through which he paffed, 24. A Defcfiption ^Florence, with fome hifiorical Notes as to 
the Family, Power, and Revenues of the Grand Dukes <^’Tufcany, 25. The yluthor' s Journey from 
Florence to Rome. 26. His Obfervations on the principal Edifices m that famous Capital, 27. A 
fuccinB Defcription of the Place, and of the Country adjacent, 28. The Author's Journey from 
thence to Ancona, with Remarks upon fuch Places as he paffed through in his Way, 29. An Ac* 
count of his Journey continued from Ancona to Trent. 30. A Dfeription of that City, with the 
Copy of a remarkable infeription relating to the laf General Council held there, 31. Several Re* 
marks of our Author on the Country, Produce, and ManuJaBures of Italy, and on the Dlfpofitton, 
Manners and Cufoms of its Inhabitants, 32. Obfervations on the Swifs-Cantons, and on the City of 
Geneva, 33. Condufon of this SeBion, and- Remarks. ’ • 
