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Excerpt from Histoire des Marais, Et des Maladies Caus�es par les �manations des Eaux Stagnantes
Le tableau du caract�re moral des habitans de certaines contr�es mar�cageuses para�tra peut-�tre exag�r� on m'accusera peut - �tre d'avoir sacrifi� quelquefois l'exactitude des d�tails � l'ambition mal heureuse d'�crire une belle page: cette accusation est d�truite dans l'un des derniers paragraphes de la Bibliographie; mais je dois encore pr�venir 101 mes lecteurs que la seconde partie de cet essai cou tient les pi�ces officielles sur lesquelles la v�racit� de ma description est �tablie. 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.
