1 86 Royal Society of London, 



cannot take the cow-pock ; 7. He is to be the. flrft writer on 

 the cow-pock, as Dr. Heberden was on the chicken-pock ; 



8. Differs from fmall-pox in affecting brute animals; 



9. Defcribes the cow-pock on cows; 10. Cows can take 

 the cow-pock but once ; 11. Does not yet know whether a 

 perfon who has had the fmall-pox can take the cow-pock ; 

 12. In thofc who have had the cow-pock, on inoculation 

 for the fmall-pox, there is more inflammation than in thofe 

 who have not had the difcafe. Mr. Nafh wrote his laft 

 obfervations in 1781. Dr. Jenner's firtl experiment of ino- 

 culation, as Hated from his own book, was in May 1796, 

 and the remaining feven cafes in 1798. The author was-' 

 alked by the committee whether he thought Dr. Jenner got 

 his information from anv preceding inoculator, and he an- 

 fwered (p. 36.) " That he imagined they were independent 

 of each other " 



It appeals that Dr. Pearfon, having had no credit allowed 

 \)v the committee of the houfe of commons, fubmits his 

 evidences to the public, to determine in what light he is- 

 to be confidered, as well as Dr. Woodwille, by pofterity. 



We are happy to announce that the Jounal des Mines, 

 the editors oi % which are C. Brochaut, Haiiv, A. Baillot, I. L, 

 Tremery, N. L. Vauquelin, and Collet Defcoftils, is flill car- 

 ried on upon the fame liberal and extenfive plan. The edi- 

 tors are a}l men diitinguiflied by their talents and attachment 

 to the fciences; and the work, of which fixty-eight numbers 

 are already publifhcd, contains a variety ofufeful and intereft- 

 ing papers on mineralogy, and every thing that relates to 

 mines and the art of mining in general, Such fubjects as 

 require it are illuftrated by plates. 



L, Proceedings of Learned Societies. 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 



JL HE reading of Mr, Chenevix's paper on the chemical 

 analyfis of corundum was finifhed on the 27th of May.. 



On the 3d of June a defeription of the anatomy of the or-, 

 nithorhynchus hyftrix, by Kverard Home, efq. F.R.S. was 

 laid before the Society, This animal is a native of New 

 South Wales, and feveral fpecimens have been brought over 

 in fpirits : its length is about 17 inches; it is covered with 

 hair and with quills. Its bill fomewhat refembles that of the 

 ornithorhynchus, but wants the lateral lips. Its teeth are 



horny, 



