Excerpt from The Eclectic Review, 1829, Vol. 2: July-December
This may fairly be styled, we think, a literary mirage; not the first instance of the kind that has occurred in traversing the barren regions of science. And it is singular enough, that while the gallant General's fancy has embellished the map of Africa with a new river, a veteran Admiral has done us the fa vour of chalking out a new sea.
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