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Mineralogy.
Natural
Cuiiofitieî.
the lakes and livers. Equally numerous are the kinds of birds,
among which,is the golden eagle .of- gréai fijce, but water fo-wl far. erare»
The mdft remarkabfe tnféâ'is a large flf,tfmm whofe,4 iI?gîeYei:x the
lion fijee wifci trepidation.f The .-mineralogy of this alpine country muft
be mtéfèfting^^butliilis negleüed; by the ignorant native^ .-Gold, is
fodnd in the fand of the’rivera, and in one or two provinces is ohlqrved
on-digging uptrees. There are forrie flight mines (in'ithejproyinçes of
Narea and Damut, Foffil fait is found on the confines of Tigri. It is
faid that there are no gems, and that éven the royal diadem,is decorated
with imitations ; fome affect-.that the~Àbyffmians negleét to fearch for
gold or gems, left the Turks ftiould be mitigated by the reported wealth
to invade thg country. The chief natural curiofities are the alpine
■ fcenes, the precipitous detached rocks, the cataraâ of Alata, and - the
river Mareb in the N, E., which is faid completely to fink under ground,