Excerpt from The Works of Sir William Temple, in Two Volumes, Vol. 1 of 2 Nor will it be from the Punpoi - 'e upon this Search, to run a little higher ln to the Antiquities of thefe Countries: For 'though such Men are contented only to fee a River as it runs by them, and talk of'the Changes in it, as they happen when 'tis troubled, -or when clear; When it drowns the Country in a Flood, 'or_forfakes it in a Drought: Yet-he that would know the Nature of the Water, and the Caul'es'of thole Accidents (lo as to gnefs at their Conti nuance or Return) mull findput its Source, .and obl'erve with what Strength it rifes, what Length it runs, and how many (mall Streams {all in, and feed it to fuch a Height, as make it either delightful or terrible to the Eye, and ufeful or dangerous to the Country aboutir. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.