William Besley Dansjerd. 1795. the Gift of his Father. Those whose travel heedlessly rom place to place, observing only their distance from ding only each other, and to their accomodation, + the inn at night, and return will infallibly Those who thous of the places they, 10. the the places they go to, such lown houses, &c, recei steeples, clocks, little improvements from their havd that they might ad well clay at hom But those who observe, & inquire in to the situation, the strength, the weat rep, the trade, the manufactures, the and constitution of evere place this visit; utro, frequent the best companies, and attend to their Jovers THE THIRD EDITION CORRECTED, THE FLOWERS O F MODERN TRAVELS; BEING ELEGANT, ENTERTAINING, AND INSTRUCTIVE SELECTED FROM THE WORKS OF SUCH A S, LORD LYTTELTON, SIR W. HAMILTON, BARON DE LADY M. W. MONTAGUE, &C. &c. Intended chiefly for Young People of both Sexes. Delectando, pariterque monendo." 1 Travels are the most inftructive School of Man.- Here you may range the World from Pole to Pole, VOL. I. LONDON. SAVARY, Printed for C. and G. KEARSLEY, at JOH HEAD, NO, 46, FLEET-STREET. ANON. ADVERTISEMENT. No books whatever are more instructive and entertaining than books of Travels. They are particularly well adapted to young people. They fatisfy that eager thirst after knowledge, which is found very strong in early life, and they intereft the mind as much as a novel. They make it usefully inquifitive, and furnish it with matter for reflection, With regard to the following felection, it is only neceffary to obferve, that perhaps there never was brought together, in so small a compass, in any language, a more copious collection of rational entertainment, than will be met with in these volumes. 1. OR INSTI UNIVERZTY ON 2.2 AUG 1962 OF OXFORD LIBRARY CON CONTENTS CON OF VOL. I. I. Of the Volcanos in Iceland, and particular- II. Of the Warm Baths, and Hot Spouting Springs of Water in Iceland-Ibid. III. Of the Manners of the Icelanders-Ibid. IV. Of the Food of the Icelanders-Ibid. V. Of the Manners of the Modern Egyptians |