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desisted from all further attempts, througb 
his displeasure. 
'Mountainous country of India, contains a 
S°'d, which is traced in the rivers 
»ot a 'orritory into the Ganges. In Hindostan 
Sf ®o"octpH^- gold ; but in the Irnada district 
S Xal • "'luoh passes Nehimbur in the 
iiaving the exclusive privilege of 
in which he pays a small annual tribute. 
tt’' >n trp wuicn ne pays a small annual tribute, 
» Ijh is n Mare throughout the oriental regions, 
' > 1 ^ ^Ot Hnxr t-i 1 m _A_Ir— T.. ir. i 
tlipr'l'*'' "My indication of this metal in India"! but 
'^fQ 1 *1 . 
lei'n ^ several silver mines, more particularly in 
>rv '■‘H t)v • AAAIA 1 S.. 7 , lAiviV-. ^tu ItGLlIrtliy U 1 
■f/PUre a, o'unces, and the metal extracted from them 
' ®nd fine. 
v'ih^ ProH,, Dalmatia is said in ancient times 
'■eip "M abundance of gold, Pliny reports 
SiX,'’ 
e rgj ‘■od an abundance of gold. Pliny reports 
dietf/' of the emperor Nero, fifty pounds of tliis 
; a„j '^'Uio daily taken from the mines of that 
1 I»«A ’j- /' ■! 
k'lbd on the surface of the 
&C® 'he Vibius, who was sent by Augustus 
" Voru • ‘MJ^Mans, obliged that hardy and warlike 
.->e 'VorU^“'M?'"*3nSj obliged that hardy „„„ v,a,„pc 
^ raines, and to separate the gold from 
•4. 
«>V«Sa, 
. 'Avonia, contains many mineral moun- 
V“4 latt ' “MMO® of gold and silver. The distriot 
'till "'0 hound is namt.'d Srch7'artuza., being 
'ij,. w '^tn jj iuuuu IS naraea on‘i:rarmaa, 
which signifies silver in all 
yt, i ^fofp '■''octs. Their produce resembles the 
U. n .. olosi, ;md is found, combined with 
K.^hlall ,1 . ' “ .wt.uu, V.umuimr 
lv,\^'''gdon, MU leaves, resembling, moss. 
" ''Pens 
pure 
'he mines, and procuring the 
,of Norway formerly produced gold ; 
'^*Cl *n<T -r O wv- 111 iij^ 
'h'here®’'!‘'M®'‘ '^’‘’’u the pi'ofit, these have been 
'’al,,.., , 'U'e, bowever, silver mines, which are 
give employment to several thou ■ 
"oveiv.a'^- P'''uoipal ot these is at Konigsberg, 
\i '% I and M 'u lt)23, when the town was imme- 
.h^opled with German miners. In lyol, 
twelve veins, were wrought in this 
^ sili^^cers P oyiuent to three ihousand five hundred 
Ofy j’ ^ud labourers. 
• ® not, as was at first imagine4e confined to 
