THE

WONDERS

OF

NATURE AND
AND ART;

OR,

A CONCISE ACCOUNT

OF

WHATEVER IS MOST CURIOUS AND REMARKABLE

IN

THE WORLD

Whether relating to its Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral
Productions, or to the Manufactures, Buildings, and
Inventions of its Inhabitants:

Compiled from Historical and Geographical Works of established
Celebrity, and illustrated with the Discoveries of modern Travellers.

By the Rev. THOMAS SMITH,

Author of the UNIVERSAL ATLAS, SACRED MIRROR, &c. &c.

"Review these numerous scenes, at once survey
Nature's extended face, then Sceptics say,
In this wide field of wonders, can you find
No art discover'd, and no end design'd?"

VOL. X.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. WALKER, NO. 44, PATERNOSTER-ROW; J.
HARRIS, CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD; VERNOR
AND HOOD, IN THE POULTRY; T. HURST, PATERNOSTER-
now; AND CROSBY AND CO. STATIONERS-COURT.

B

CONTENTS.

RY

PART IV.

AMERICA.

OF NORTH AMERICA.

1

Customs, Manners, Religion, and Government ib.

Commerce, Inventions, Manufactures, &c. .

61

CHAP. II.

OF THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS

80

Climate, Soil, Mountains, Springs, Lakes, &c. . 81

132

Vegetables

Animals

163

187

199

CHAP. III.

Buildings, &c.

Commerce, Fisheries, &c. .

OF THE OTAHEITEAN ISLANDS

Historical Account of the Discovery.