200 Mr. D. Gilbert's Statement respecting the 



own construction, such as sashes formed of circular pieces 

 of the shell of the ostrich egg, pieces of wood, teeth of wild 

 animals, shells, young tortoises, &c. and those they display 

 in different positions and forms, according to the fancies of 

 the wearers. 



The circumstance of their having no fixed abodes goes to 

 prevent them from having any established huts ; and the con- 

 stant necessity of moving from one place to another in quest 

 of an uncertain and scanty subsistence, inclines them to bestow 

 little care or labour on their temporary dwellings. They 

 either erect a shelter of bushes for the night, under the shade 

 of which they repose, or dig a hole in the ground, into which 

 they creep, or else seek a refuge in some natural crevice of a 

 rock, or under a projecting stone, either of which they consider 

 as quite sufficient for a transient residence. Though such is 

 the general method they follow, in protecting themselves 

 against the effects of the weather during the periods of their 

 repose, yet some are more particular, and extend their consi- 

 deration so far as to supply themselves with a sort of mat, which 

 they place nearly upright by means of a couple of poles, viz. 

 one at each extremity, and under the protection of that they 

 seek their rest. 



[To be continued.] 



XXXVII. Statement respecting the Legacy left by the late 

 Earl of Bridgewater, for rewarding the Authors of Works, 

 to be published in pursuance of his Will, and demonstrative 

 of the Divine Attributes, as manifested in the Creation. By 

 DAVIES GILBERT, M.P. F.P.R.S. 



To the Editors of the Philosophical Magazine and Annals. 



Gentlemen, 



THE following short statement respecting the late Earl of 

 Bridgewater's legacy of eight thousand pounds, and of 

 the final arrangements made in consequence of it, may pos- 

 sibly be thought not unworthy of a place in your Journal. 



The Reverend and Right Honourable Thomas Henry 

 Egerton Earl of Bridgewater died in the month of February, 

 1829, at Paris, leaving his last will and testament bearing date 

 on the 25th of February, 1825, in which he desired and directed 

 his trustees to lay out and invest in their own names in some or 

 one of the public Stocks or Funds of Great Britain, the sum of 

 eight thousand pounds sterling ; the said sum with all accruing 

 dividends thereon to be held at the disposal of the President, 



for 



