19* Natural Hi/lory— Grand Juntlion Canal, Z$c. 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



The following Angular phenomenon, which muft be in<- 

 terefting to thole fond of obferving nature, has been com- 

 municated in a letter from Silefia : — Laft year, a goofe, like 

 the other animals of her fpecies, on the caufeway of Schauris, 

 not far from Wartenberg, placed herfelf on a neft in the 

 fpring, as if with intention of laying, but produced no eggs. 

 She, nowever, remained in the neft during the whole hatch- 

 ing-feafon ; and completed that period, but without having 

 laid. This goofe, being killed in the autumn following, 

 thofe who had obferved her during the hatching-time were 

 much afionifhed when (he was opened, to find in her bowels 

 two young ones completely hatched, perfectly formed, and 

 prefled towards each other. They were both dead; their 

 bodies, like thofe of other young geefe, were covered with 

 vellowifh down; and they had feathers in their wings an 

 inch in length. Near them was a large egg perfectly hard. 



GRAND JUNCTION CANAL. 



An epoch of lingular importance to the internal commerce 

 of the kingdom in general, and particularly of the metro- 

 polis, is, the opening of this canal, which took place with 

 great formalities on the 10th of July. This ftupendous mo- 

 nument of Britifh fpirit was undertaken and finifhed during 

 the courfe of the war, at an expenfe of nearly a million fter- 

 ling. It unites the trade of the north, north-weft, and 

 north-eaft, and midland parts of this ifland, with Padding- 

 ton, now become the wejlern port of London. 



TO DESTROY BLACK BEETLES. 



On the cover of our laft Number we printed a requeft 

 from a correfpondent to be informed whether any effectual 

 method was known for getting houfes cleared of that kind of 

 vermin vulgarly called black beetles. A conftant reader de- 

 fires us to inform him, that if he will take fome fm all lumps 

 of unflacked lime, and put it into the chinks or holes from 

 which they ifliie, it will effectually deftroy them ; or, that 

 he may fcattcr it abroad on the ground, if they are more nu~- 

 merous there than in the holes. 



