VOYAGES AND TRAVELS,

THROUGHOUT THE

CONTINENT & ISLANDS OF EUROPE:

IN WHICH THE

GEOGRAPHY, CHARACTER, CUSTOMS,

AND

MANNERS OF NATIONS ARE DESCRIBED;

AND

THE PHENOMENA OF NATURE,

MOST WORTHY OF OBSERVATION,

ARE ILLUSTRATED ON SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES.

BY MRS. JAMIESON, (LATE MISS THURTLE,)
AUTHOR OF ASHFORD RECTORY; A HISTORY OF FRANCE ;

A HISTORY OF SPAIN, &c. &c.

EMBELLISHED WITH ENGRAVINGS.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR G. & W. B. WHITTAKER;

Printed by R. Gilbert, St. John's Squarc.

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CHAPTER I.

SECT.

L INTRODUCTION .....

II. Geological Survey of the Earth..

CHAPTER II. -

ENGLAND.

1. Oxford and Blenheim...

II. Coal Mines...

III. The Scilly Isles and Cornish Mines

IV. The Eddystone Light-House

V. Ærial Phenomena–Rainbows-the Fairy Morgana

VI. Worcester - the Manufacture of Porcelain..

VII. The Manufacture of Glass-its various Properties-re-

markable Phenomena explained by Glass Tubes

VIII. Derbyshire—the Peak-Buxton-Devil's Hole...

IX. Salt-mines Northwitch......

X. Chester - Antiquities

St. Winifred's Well - Conway

Castle .....

XI. Wales—Lunar Rainbow - Snowdon-Llewellyn's Grey-

hound Beth Gelert..

XII. Beaumaris–Druidical Worship

XIII. Druidical Remains...

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25

30

36

42

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CHAPTER III.

IRELAND.

I. Dublin-The Gold Mines of Wicklow-The Cavern of

Dunmore..

62

II, Waterford-Cork

65

III. The Lake of Killarney—The enchanting Echo Cavern,
&c.

66

IV. Killaloe-Limerick-Salmon

72

V. Westmeath and Longford-Irish Bogs—the Mouse Deer 73
VI. Irish Wake

76

VII. The Giants Causeway-Basaltic and Granite Rocks .... 78

VIII. Loch Neagh-its petrifying Qualitics-petrifying Springs. 82

IX. Sketch of the Surface, Climate and Productions of Ire-
land

85

CHAPTER IV.

SCOTLAND.

Į. The Hebrides-Loch Lomond—The Grampian Hills-
Ben Lomond and Ben Nevis ..

87

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II. Highland Wedding...

92

III. Mull-St. Columbo-Fingal's Cave

94

IV. Twilight-The Physical Properties of Light

96

V. The Isle of Sky-The Orkneys-Preparations for Iceland 100

zers

CHAPTER V.

ICELAND.

1. Introduction--Aurora Borealis - SeasonsClimates.... 102

II. Şnow--The Polar Ice-Heat-ColdEvaporation...... 104

III. The Whale Fishery..

117

IV. Natural Phenomena of Iceland - Hot Springs—The Gey-

120

V. Mount Hekla-Sulphur Mountain...

129

VI. Voyage back to Scotland-Tides-Saltness of the Sea.. 134

CHAPTER VI.

SCOTLAND.

I. North of Scotland..

139

II. Edinburgh and its Environs.

141

III. General Survey of Scotland

145

IV. Glasgow and the Falls of the Clyde-Melrose Abbey. 147

V. Chief Towns of Scotland...

149.

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CHAPTER VII.

NORWAY.

I. Voyage--Storm at Sea

152

II. Chief Towns of Denmark.

157

III. Electric and Aëriform Phenomena-Lightning-The At-

mosphere-Wind--and the Colour of the Sky.... 157

IV. The Mariner's Compass its History-and Properties. . 165

V. The Maëlstroom-Survey of Norway..

168

VI. Dolstein Cavern - The Silver Mines at Kongsberg-

Blasting Rocks

172

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CHAPTER IX.

DENMARK AND SWEDEN.

I. Copenhagen-Mode of Travelling in Holstein-Museum 179

II. General View of Denmark'...

180

III. Voyage to Sweden.

181

IV. Swedish Manners

184

V. Journey to Upsal Mode of Travelling in Sweden-

Swedish Houses and Manner of Living..

186

VI. The Mines of Sweden-The Manufacture of Iron... 188

VII. The Mines of Dalecarlia....

196

VIII. Customs and Manners of the Swedes-North of Sweden

General View of this Country.

201

IX. The Falls of Dalh...

205

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tion ......

CHAPTER X.

RUSSIA.

1. Journey into RussiaIts Governments-Face of Coun--

try-Exports and Imports-Rivers and Inland Naviga-

207

II, Journey continued_Places of Worship-Petersburgh

Palace of Ice Russian Peasantry — Travelling on

Sledges, &c...

216

III. Russian Nobility Affecting Tale of a Young Princess-

Baseness of Count Orloff

221

IV. Journey continued Dimness of Sight - Spectacle-

Glasses, their Use .

V. Twer-Fable of the Phænix-Moscow-Invasion of Buo-

naparte ....

229

VI. The Principal. Towns in the Russian Empire–Their

Traffic-The Forest of Volonski..

233

VII. Wilna-Peculiarities in the Russian Manners-Odin (the

Noah of the North)-Proofs of an Universal Deluge-

Polish Noblemen...

236

CHAPTER XI.

PRUSSIA.

1. Koningsberg-Thorn-Great Poland-Dress-Customs 239

II. Frankfort-Dresden-Berlin

244

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CHAPTER XII.

GERMANY.

I. Its Productions Table d'Hote-Account of the Crimea

from a fellow Traveller-Cape of the Winds-Garnets 246

II. Prague-- Vienna.

253

III. Austrian Customs and Manners-Nobility

256

IV. Hungary - Peasantry-Mines of Kremnitz-Gipseys-

Buda-Hungarian Army --Militia, singular Mode of

Levying-Exercise and Public Employment—Modes

of Punishment-Prison of Keszthley - Free Villages 258

V. Caves-Collections of Fossil Bones in the Mountains of

the Hartz-Mode of extinguishing Fire

268

VI. Productions of the Austrian Dominions-Towns—Rivers

-Lakes-Minerals Mountains.

271

VII. Quicksilver Mines- [dria-Affecting Tale of Count Al-

berti

273

VIII. Chief Towns and Products of Germany Proper-Hun-

gary and Bohemia-Gunpowder-Fulminating Silver

--Munich-Its Cathedral-Lindau

276

CHAPTER XIII.

-SWITZERLAND.

I. Journey-Canton of Galen-Lake of Constance-Gran-

deur of the Scenery-Abbots of St. Gall—Benedictines