2S^ . Britlfh Mineralogkal Scclefj\ 



admirably well: from the fparkling Intelligence of his eye, 

 his animated manner, and the tout t-nfcvLbhy avc have no 

 doubt of his attaining a dlHinguiflK'd eminence. 



The fecond lecture was given on the 28ih, and the others, 

 to the number of five in all, are to be delivered on th*^ 

 Tuefday and Saturday evenings till completed* 



BIlITlSH MINRKALOGTCAL SOCIETY. 



Th« ufeful body has lately circulated the follovvir^g notice : 

 ** To Fa rmers and Perjhns engagfcl in Experimcriis on Agrim Ihtre . 



'^ The innnenfe importance which, at all times, and par- 

 iicuhrly at prefcnt, is attached to improvements in agricul- 

 ture, and the liberal encouragement to experiments in the 

 art of cultivating the land offered by the patriotic views of the 

 Board of Agriculture, have rendered it a defirable obje6l to 

 affift the inquiries of the farmer in that part of experimental 

 chemiftry which determines the nature of foils by an analyfis 

 of their feveral contents. 



*' The Britifli Mineralogical Society, having of late in- 

 creafed the number of their members, find tlicmfelves en>- 

 abled to extend the plan of their inltitution, from the ana- 

 lyfis o( minerals, in the ufual fenfe of the term, to that of 

 the various foils which are made the bafis of agricultural 

 operations. 



^' They therefore give this public notice that they will 

 examine, free of expcnfe, all fpecimens of earths or foils, 

 with a view of determining the nature and proportion of 

 their different contents, with as much accuracy as ihall feem 

 requilTte. 



" They require, hofwevcr, that the perfons fending fpeti- 

 mens {liall comply with the following conditions : 



^' That the fpecimcn be about three or four pounds' in 

 weight, inclofcd in a deal box properly packed with hay, 

 And -along with it an account be added of the pariili and 

 county from which it is procured, the name of the fender 

 and his addrefs pet pofi, and an Anfwer to the following 

 queries What is the depth of the foil ? — What the na- 

 ture of the fub-foil ? is it oh a hill or level ground? and, if 

 the former, what is the afpe^l r — how near to any river or 



^ 9 jftreara? 



