g2 SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



Note conerning Two Brothers of a Race of Men refanbUng 

 Porcupines. 



Men having Many philofophers have already fpoken concerning this 



fcales and fpines race ^ t j ie re ality of which has been eftablifhed in a family well 

 c porcupines. j cnown ^ ^ name f Lambert. Two brothers of this fa- 

 mily, all the males of which, have their bodies covered with 

 fpines or fcales, are at prefent in Paris, One is 24 and the 

 other 14 years of age. The body of the eldeft is entirely co* 

 vered, except the head and the infide of the hands and feet : 

 the youngeft is naked in fome places, particularly about the 

 breaft ; but the brown fpots on thofe parts fufficiently indicate 

 that when he advances in age, he will become as rough as his 

 brother. The fpines on the back <5f the hand are very large, 

 and may be compared for their diameter to the quills of the 

 porcupine ; but thofe upon the breaft have a greater refem- 

 blance to fcales : they are fmall long plates, very numerous, 

 and near together, being vertically implanted in the fkin. 



This thickening of the epidermis and hair, proceeds from a 

 difeafe tranfmitted from generation to generation, but only 

 from male to, male. Five generations have been already af- 



fliaed with it. 



Bull, de la.Soc. Philomath. 



Mawc's Minera- The Mineralogy of Derby/hire, with a Defcription of the moft 

 logy of Derby- interefiing Mines in the North of England, in Scotland, and in 

 Wales; and an Analyfis of Mr. Williams's Work, entitled, 

 " The Mineral Kingdom. " Subjoined is a Glojfary of the 

 Terms and Phrafes nfed by Miners in Derbyjhire. % John 

 Ma we, London. Phillips, George Yard, 1802, octavo, 211 

 Pages, with 4 Engravings. 



The author of this ufeful book was employed by a Spanifii 

 gentleman to make furveys of our principal mines in Derby- 

 fhire, to collect their various productions, and more particu- 

 larly fpecimens from each ftratum, defcribing their thicknefs, 

 fituation, and pofttion ; in order to (hew an exact reprefen- 

 tation of the mines for the royal cabinet at Madrid. To the 

 4 obfervations 



