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obliged to seek refuge in one of the forests 
b '"■8S apprehended, and afterwards 
k\r. of robbers who had long infested that 
i? ''-losg ■ these banditti he spent nine months, until, 
't ''■ ai j"’®**^‘fore of the place in which tliey were con- 
after a very obstinate resistance, in which the 
V'^’ina ithem were killed, he was taken and carried 
Ws" 1° broken alive on the wheel. This punish- 
L pg’ ®y the intercession of his friends, changed into 
j hetual confinement and labour In the mines of 
iii. I**' ’}*^®nce which, to a noble mind, was worse than 
, 
^ i^’> n„,/^'^.'^®h)nged to one of the first families in 
X’ “'td 
having tried every means to procure her 
mines he was accompanied by tlie Countess, 
Ger- 
hjv tj » miviljg tl ICU CVCl^ iJlCtUlO LU 
S! without effect, resolved at lengtl: 
ky • b-tfjjj as sne coma not relieve mem. iney 
Sen however, bv his pardon being procured 
"'ith whom he had fought the duel, on the 
1 to 
% " " ua wnom ne nan rougiii me ouei, on me 
ti,| ' Uii li'Q ’’^covered from his wounds ; and this noblc- 
t'etuni to Vienna, was a~"'-' ‘‘ 
to hw fortune and rank. 
IRON .MINE.S. 
tile existence of which was formerly 
■s been found in sei’eral places : it is, hoM— 
,‘\?®f?i!- ^®"'S common, and occurs in several mines 
l.'^tt' 
^ 1.^X1 ^ ditV.L v^GCLild IIj OV^VCictX illiXiC^, 
j^t ■*> description of iron was discovered in the 
*' pV.of I 'V^tiago del Estero, in South iimerica, by 
in tlie midst of a wide extended plain, 
its a fiiot above the ground, nearly the 
■ ’^PPw .surface being visible ; and the news of 
N-5' 
leagues, wa.s considered as trulv sur- 
.'<5 r ^ ^ 
;V jj * ^*^und in a country where there are not any 
L Mli *'P journey was attended with great 
A j ti'® want of water, and abundance 
iXT Sain fioserl.s, severariiidividuals, in the 
.'IjKi^'hh,.,!’ V'tdcilook to visit this mass: a.nd. haviinr 
L'th'^*'*hi.,'i’,,'t'^^®rlook to visit this mass 
•‘t, 
and, having 
, , sent a siieciincu of tlie metal 
^di'id, whei'e it was found to be very pure 
*^®ported that tills mass was the extremit)- of 
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