124, 
tive than any other of the military fyftem 
of Frederic II., which fyftem all the 
powers of Europe feem difpofed to imi- 
tate. The whole of the work tends to 
fhew, that Mirabeau. is a great warrior, 
as well as a moft eloquent and profound 
politician. 
The Revolution has already been the 
fubjeét of various hiftorical labours ; and 
the interefi naturally attaching to events 
fo truly important, gives celebrity to the 
patrictic zeal of our countrymen, who 
(amid changes fo rapid, and difatiers fo 
univerfal, that the impreffion of the 
exifting hour was frequently loft in the 
more eventful contemplation of the hour 
to come) have refcued from oblivion 
ample materials to record our national 
glory. ‘This praite, however, does not 
attach to all our hiftorians. Some of the 
moft able, even, have imagined that a 
hafty but faithful {ketch was as much as 
could be expected trom the moment ; 
while others, in contemplating the vaft 
picture in perfpestive, but without being 
able to groupe the variety of its features, 
have merely fketched the moft prominent 
among them; and with the graceful 
touches of fcience and reflection, have 
leilurely given an impofing grandcur to 
their painting. 
General ALEXANDER Bentrurer’s Nar- 
rative of Bonaparte’s Campaigns in Evypt, 
prefents the compendious account of an 
event which hiftory will record as one of 
the moit memorable on our modern 
annals. The author’s ftyle is as rapid as 
the movements he defcribes, yet every 
detail is perfect. Method regulates his 
objecis, correéinefs defcribes them ; and 
the whole borrows a pleafing variety ‘from 
a happy combination of moral reflections 
and deferiptive talent. 
The fubjeét is always harmonifed by 
the language, and contains a diverlity of 
tone and inflection, which adds greatly 
to the genéral intereit of the work. 
An elegant ftyle, intelligent obferva- 
tion, excellent geographic al and topo- 
graphical details on the nature of the 
feat of war, and unbjaffed opiniens, are 
the real merits of a Summary of Muli- 
tary Events, by Marrareu Dumas; 
beginning with the diffolution of the 
congrefs of Raftadt, and clefing with the 
48th Brumaire. This work (notwithita and- 
ing fome inaccuracies admitted by the 
author) will form, hereafter, a perfeét 
treafure to thofe who may be difpofed 
to write the hiftory of that period of the 
war, 
Geographical Discoveries in the 
(March 1, 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES 1n 
tHE BACK SETTLEMENTS of 
NORTH AMERICA. 
Obfervations on certain Parts of the 
“Country in Louifiana ; by ANTHONY 
Soutarn, E/g. Surveyor-General of 
Upper Lou ifana. 
HE Miffouri, whofe fources are full 
unknown, is, however, already 
claffled amongft the largeft rivers. It 1s 
an object of aftonifhment to every body. 
The uninftruéted admire the rapidity of 
its ftream, its extraordinary length, the 
falubrity of its waters, and their uncom- 
mon colour. The experienced traveller, 
aftonifhed at the riches feattered along 
its banks, and looking into futurity, be- 
holds this rival of the Nile pafling through 
countries as fruitful, as populous, and 
more extenfive than thofe of Egypt. 
The moft lucid narrative can afford but 
an imperfect idea of the riches accumu- 
lated on its fhores. 
The Miffouri unites with the Miffifippi 
about fifteen miles above the town of St. 
Louis, in about the 40th degree of north 
latitude. After this junction, they run 
about 1200 miles before they fall into 
the Gulf of Mexico. But_as this part of 
the courfe 1s well known, I fhall confine 
myfelf to the Miffouri. 
I have afcended this river about 1800 
miles, without perceiving any dimmmition 
of its breadth or velocity. 
The principal fireams which fall into 
the Miffouri, as you afcend it, are the 
Gafconade, ‘the Ofage, the two Chara- 
tons, the Grand River, the River of the 
Plains, the Nichinan, the Batoney, the 
Great and Little Nimahas, the Platte, 
the Sioux, the Running Water, and 
others. 
Kor 75 miles above its junétion with 
the Miffilippi, there are different fettle- 
ments of American families, efpecially 
at Bonhomme, Femme Ofage, &c-; be- 
yond thefe the banks are inhabited by 
fuvages only. The Great and Little 
Ofages, fettled at 120 leagues on the 
waters called by their refpective names, 
the Cams, the Otas, the Panis, the 
JLoups or Panis Mahas, the Mahas, the 
Pincas, the Ricaras, the Mandanes, and 
the Sioux.- The latter tribe has no “fixed 
habitation on the Miuiflourl, but vifit 
it regularly for the purpofe of hunting. 
The borders of the Miflouri are alter- 
nately forefts and meadows, or cleared 
plains. ‘The higher we go up this river, 
the more common are thefe plains ; ca 
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