Kalm's account of his visit to England on his way to America in 1748 . thor of the magnificent work on America, AppendiculceHistoricce; or, Shreds of History hung on a horn, 1891,4to,has contributed a learned note on the identity of theFrisland of the Zeni with Faero, a proof that may bestrengthened by the names of several other places in XVI TRANSLATOR S PREFACE. Faero. He also contributed the note on p. 19, and that onp. 20, on Angria, the Sea Rover, concerning whom, RobertBloomfield writes in the little poem on Shooters Hill:— This far-seen monumental tower Records the achievements of the b
Kalm's account of his visit to England on his way to America in 1748 . thor of the magnificent work on America, AppendiculceHistoricce; or, Shreds of History hung on a horn, 1891,4to,has contributed a learned note on the identity of theFrisland of the Zeni with Faero, a proof that may bestrengthened by the names of several other places in XVI TRANSLATOR S PREFACE. Faero. He also contributed the note on p. 19, and that onp. 20, on Angria, the Sea Rover, concerning whom, RobertBloomfield writes in the little poem on Shooters Hill:— This far-seen monumental tower Records the achievements of the brave,And Angrias subjugated power Who plundered on the Eastern wave. He has also contributed facsimiles of the portions ofRocques survey, showing Wanstead Manor, and Chelseaas they existed at the date of Kalms visit. The sections on pp. 406-7 have been published byMr. Whitaker, , in the Memoirs of the GeologicalSurvey of England (Geol. of London, 1889, pp. 174-5) ascondensed by him from the of this translation. Tooting Graveney, December 4th,
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