About two miles from Piacenza we cross the Trebbia, the celebrated scene of Hannibal's victory ; but it is now no more than a torrent, which is dry during the summer, and in winter lays waste all the adjacent country; and not far from it is the Tidone, which covers the fields with sо much sand and gravel, that they are rendered quite unfruitful. It is observable, that almost all the rivers in the Parmesan and Piacentin, make so miserable a havock in the plains, by reason of the cutting down of the woods upon the mountains. 1 bad an opportunity of seeing a large range of them, and, in particular, the Canneto, which the Farnese family let to a company of miners, in search of copper. The design proved unsuccessful, and the woods were rooted up, to the lasting prejudice of the state.
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