210 



100 102.16 



Although these two analyses do not correspond exactly with each 

 other, yet they both lead to the conclusion that the chemical constitu- 

 tion of the Leonhardite and Laumonite is distinct, inasmuch as the Lau- 

 monite contains much more water and much less silica than the Leon- 

 liardite. As the analyses of Laumonite by Vogel, Gmelin, Dufrenoy, and 

 Connell,* diflPer a little from one another, Dr DelfF and Von Babo have 

 also repeated the analysis of that mineral, and the following are the 



results. 



V. Babo. Delff. 



100.8 100 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



14. Straiiberries, 1597.— Extract from the Accounts of the Lords High 

 Treasurers of Scotland. 



Junii, 1597. — Item in drink sylver to ane man tliat brocht stray berreis 

 to His Majestic fra Alloway. W. C. T. v. Li. 



15. Yevj and laburnum imported to England/or the manufacture of bows in the 

 \Qth century. — '^ Conspicite etiam nunc Anglos apud Rhetos negociantes, 

 et in eorum montibus, Taxi et Laburni, arbores csedentes, quas certa lon- 

 gitudine in assulas findentes in suorum arcuum usum, in fascicules deinde 

 colligunt, atque lacu Valstatensi cymbis ad Rhenum usque devehunt, et 

 deinde secundo Rheno descendentes in Angliam usque deportant, ubi 

 arcus denum conficiunt." — Petrus Bellonius, " De neglecta stirpium, 

 cultural' &c., Antverpise, 1589, p. 57. W. C. T. 



16. Capture of Whales in Faroe. — The capture of the small Caaing- whale 

 (Delphinus melas), the Grind of the natives of the Faroe Islands, is one of 

 the most important events which occurs in the course of the year in that 

 country, as, besides the value of the oil, which averages about L.2 sterling 

 for each fish, the flesh and the blubber are one of the principal articles of 

 food, the first being dried and the latter salted, forming a wholesome and 

 nourishing diet, though perhaps not very palatable to our more fastidious 



* See Professor Connell's paper in this Journal, vol. vi. p. 262. 



