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preceded it; and he must equally trust in the indulgence of his readers to excuse numerous inaccuracies which no doubt pervade it.

He has however no hesitation in speaking of the merits of the second section of this volume, relating to Savoy and Piedmont, which has been prepared by a friend and fellow-traveller, most intimately acquainted with those countries, which he has explored in almost every direction, and on many different occasions. The routes contained in it possess great interest, from the want of other information respecting the country they traverse, from the extreme accuracy with which they are described, and from their being derived, not from books, but from personal knowledge. They will probably be the means of throwing open to English travellers a region little visited hitherto, but possessing, from its romantic beauties, the highest claim to attention.

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The admirable work of Professor Forbes, Travels through the Alps,' the most remarkable contribution to their history since that of De Saussure, furnished the Editor with valuable information for the edition of 1846.

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*The present edition has been very carefully revised, and corrected, as far as possible, down to the present time; some new routes have been added, and others have been re-written.

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