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the cultivation of which vies with that of 
England herelf; that noone had beftowed 
due praie cn the tolerant f{pirit of the 
eomm n people, of which I had many 
pleating proofs; that no one had pio- 
claimed the fecurity enjoyed in a country 
where, in my botacvical excurfens, I laid 
myielf down by the roid-file in unknown 
{pots, and, exhautted by the heat of the 
day, flept with et care or apprehenfion. 
Thus I ieized the pen to defend my 
friends, the Portugue!e, determining, im- 
parially, to powtray their chaafer, 
their mode of lie, and their agriculture, 
with which laft my occupations rendered 
me intimately acquainted; till thus a 
mere apology grew intoa hook of travels.”’ 
Although this volume will be particularl+, 
it will by no means be exclufively, in- 
tereiting to the botanift and mine: alogitt ; 
the policy, literature, language, trade, 
population, &c. of Portugal ‘are enlarged 
en, and ancedotes i Jufirative of the cha- 
racter, manners, and propenfities of the 
people are abundintly interfperfed; the 
work preftnts altogether a much more 
favourable, and we doubt not a much 
more jut, piGure, both of the country, 
as to its natural and vegetable produc- 
tiors, and of the Pertuguefé themielves 
as to their capacities, 2ttainments, and 
dilpofitions, than has ever been given us 
by any other traveller. A differtation is 
mntroduced on the literature of Portugal, 
and the Spanith and Portucueft languages, 
in which the author gives his preference 
to the latter. 
“<A Tour from Downing to Alfton- 
Moor, by Tuomas PENNANT, Ejg.” 
This pofthumous work bears the fame ge- 
meral chara&ter with the many others 
which have proceeded from the pen of 
this celebrated naturalift. The editor 
tells us that it was pcrformed by Mr. 
Pennant in 1773: at the concluiion it 
conne&s with his fubfquent tours, and 
forms an introductory volume to that ex- 
cellent work, eqvally, if not more in- 
terefting to the Englith reader and the 
antiquarin. The pre‘ent was net only 
repared for the prefs by Mr. Pennant 
Pimiclf, but alio its ecortinuatior, to 
ackfall and Fountain’s-Abbey, to Har- 
rogate and Braham Ceags. This work 
the editor hops, at fome future period, 
to have permiffion to add to the lift of 
Mr. Pennant’s publications. 
«© Vovaves from Mentresl, on the Ri- 
ver St. Lau-ence, through the Continent of 
No:th America, to the Frozen and Pacific 
Oceans, in the Years 1789 and 1793 ; 
Retro/pec? of Domeftic Literature —Poyages, &c. 
with a preliminary Account of the Rife,’ 
Progrefs, and prefent State of the Fur-' 
trade of that Country, illuftrated with 
Maps: by ALEXANDER MacKENZIE, 
(g-” Thefe voyages rank Mr. Macken- | 
zie among our firit nautical adventurers: 
perhaps as much {kill and ftience, and 
certainly jas daring and adventurous a 
{pirit, has been difplayed by the writer of 
thefe pages as by any circummavigator 
whole name is recorded in the annals of 
our hiftory. It is true, however, and 
much to be lamented, that the voyager 
was himfelf unacquainted) with natural 
hifory, and had no naturalilt in his crew: 
in fhort, his crew confifted only of a few 
Indians and Canadian boatmen, who were 
paid by himlelf, and his only vefiel was 
hts own canoe! Mr. Mackenzie, if he 
had effeted nothing more, would have’ 
been entitled to high cenfideration for 
having proved that there is no practicable 
north-wett paffage between the Atlantic 
and Pacific Oceauis. Although our voy- 
agers have ever been bafiled in their 
attempts to find this paflage, they ftill 
Kept our hopes alive, and fo great would» 
have been the importance of fuch ‘a dif 
covery, thet the failure of their attempts 
cid but ftimulate them to further exer-' 
ticns. The queftion is now, however, 
fertied, perhaps for ever. The firft of 
thefe voyages, from Montreal, on the 
River St Laurence, to the Frozen or 
Hyperborean Sea, was undertaken in the 
year 1789, chiefly for the purpofe of geo- 
graphical ciftovery: the fecond, which 
was undertaken in 1793, proceeds from 
the fame place to the Pacific Ocean, and 
had for its object the enlargement of 
commerce. The publication of this vo- 
Jume has been delayed for various rea- 
fons. After the voyages were completed, 
the bufy active life of the author allowed 
him but little time for the purpofe of 
arranging his materials, and when he had 
epportunity, his diffidence deterred him, 
for he felt himfelf better qualified to 
perform the voyages thin to write an ac- 
count of them! But the account with 
which Mr. Mackenzie has at length pre~ 
fented us does him no difcredit as am au- 
thor, the language is ealy, and the nar- 
rative unadcrned: we know that it comes 
from a failor, and we prize it for its fim- 
pliety. 2 
«« A Tour through Germany; _parti- 
cularly along the Banks of the Rhi 
Mayne, &c. and that Part of the Palatinate, 
Rhingaw, &c. ufually termed the Garden 
of Geimany. To which is added, a 
coneue 
