A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794, Through Holland and the Western Frontier of Germany, with a Return Down the Rhine To Which Are Added Observations During a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland

Excerpt from A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794, Through Holland and the Western Frontier of Germany, With a Return Down the Rhine: To Which Are Added, Observations During a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland <p>Eople, who, for opportunities of commerce, have increafed their original and natural dangers by admitting the water in fome parts, while, for their homes and their lives, they mull pre vent it. From encroaching upon others. Dam, Sluice, or kc, occur in almoft all their com pounded tit es. The fluice, which ives this town part of its, name, is alfo its har our; af fording, perhaps, an outlet to the overflowings of the country behind, but filled at the entrance. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.