gold 
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on the shores near Germerscheim and 
5 j 5 ^fs, ^°^intains of Spain were, according to ancient 
«|j“Vn S°I'i silver ; and accordingly 
'■ '''Qrl^'. kingdom “ tlie Peru and Mexico of the 
He adds that “ the discovery of the rich west- 
'' sir,, hy the Phenicians, and the oppression of 
'-K>’e natives ' - - . _ 
*hp *^^’’6 benefit of strangers, form an exact type 
b^'iicl,., °'‘e recei ‘‘ ‘‘ 
sin _ _ _ 
as well as ambition carried the arms of 
recent history of Spanish America.” The 
i bnr"*^'® simply acquainted with the sea- coasts of 
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’a tnijj'g ves, who were compelled to labour in theii 
a^j'' ^''arice 
\'’*'^eve^^®'-'*^hage into tlie heart of the country, and 
found pregnant with gold, 
iir^yieldg ,'^°PPer. A mine near Cartliagena is said to 
I'V*® twenty-five thousand drachms of silver, 
of thousand pounds sterling a year. The 
„j(j . Asturia, Gallicia, and Lusitania, yielded 
pounds weight of gold annually ; tlic 
P- however, chosen rather to import 
sl< 
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have, however, chosen rather to import 
'^'541 America, than to seek them at home, 
ts in many parts mountainous, and these 
keside others, rich ores of silver; but 
fto^ Spaniards, being supplied with 
al)o I ®'t transatlantic possessions, and particularly 
e tQi “ance of gold and silver from Brazil, do not 
th, 
’WWisgj 'n their own country. Gems of all kinds, 
t kyacinths, are also found in the above 
’''^ay’j.y'Jpther with a beautifully variegated marble. 
^ts fossils. 
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mines of Idria are tlie most interestpig 
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demand a particular description, as they 
p'lt.’ Tile I I’^ttirpl history, poetry, and ro- 
Idria is a district immediately subject 
>li, ‘a 6r 6t Inner Austria, and lies westward of 
q., 
iv\’ which! 
'keb, 
■ *l(^ , ^ ^ ,» — ' “ ^ 
N 6a*''t>es g'cat dilficnlty, and sometimes of danger. 
• Of y®'''® discovered in I-I97, before which time 
Country was inhabited by a few cooper.“ 
is small, is seated in a deep 
mountains, on the river of tlie same 
ottoiu of so steep a descent, that Its ap- 
