102 Frer.ch Pactry.— .^.merlcan Borer. — New Cyclofiedia. [Sept 1, 



the bufinefs that lias brought Ttyoninho- 

 karawen 'O our countrv is to obtain from 

 Goveinmtnr a confirmation of that gran'. 

 Though (irevioufly informed thst bis mo- 

 thei- \y.\s a native of Scotland, and tbat, 

 from the age of thirteen to fh.-^t of fifteen, 

 he had been educated at a Britiih fchool, I 

 was Rnick by the unci-miTion eloquence of 

 his dilcoiirre. His oblVrvatiois were 

 acute, and the language in which they 

 weie conveyed ihcng and elegant. In 

 Jiiliory, both ancient and modern, he i& 

 well verfsd ; in geography he difplays pe- 

 culiar inforninti n ; ar.d on every I'uhjecl 

 connecltvi with his courtry his inteiligenre 

 is miniiie, and delivered with tlie m- it 

 lively feeling. His perlbn is tall and mill"- 

 cular, but his walk not verv graceful ; his 

 eye large and exprcffive. ills thiilt alter 

 every f^iecies ot k'lowledge is extreme ; 

 but his particular attention is devoed to 

 obtain every inionvuition tliat may im- 

 prove the conditi'jn o' his couiHiy. Tey- 

 oninhokarawen is a Clniltim, as are molt 

 of h;s naticn. He has completed a Tranf- 

 lation of the Gofpel of Gt. John into the 

 Mohawk language, of whi.h three thon- 

 fmd copies have been printed. He ii;- 

 tcnds to proceed with 'he Evangclifls 

 Mat;he-.v and Luke, the Five Nations be- 

 ing already in pofkfTuin of a M;)hawk 

 Trar.fl^tic n of St. Mark, and the Liturgy 

 of our Church, bv Col 'nel Brent, a na- 

 tive Mohawk. The religion of Teyonin- 

 hokarav\en appears to me the purelt Chris- 

 tianity ; and in every converlation wiicli 

 I had «ith iiim un that fubj^dt, he ex- 

 preflVd fai'.h, humility, and brotherly love 

 thrall men. Stldom have I met with a 

 charafttr To beautifully interdting even in 

 Its fmallerninaments, or one who fo com- 

 pletely pofi'cfl'cd the vir:ues of a patriot 

 and aChi iliian,as J hn Norton, Teyonin- 

 hukarawtn. I am, Sir, &:c. 



BalA, 'July 21, 1005. D. C L. 



P. S. My fii^nd received when hs was 

 chriftened the b.iptifmil names of John Nor- 

 ton. 



To the EJi.or cf tin Montblj Magazine, 



SIR., 



YOUll Corrcf^iondent Y. Z. (in p.ige 

 6 of your la't Nuirdier) has fairly 

 fi.^ied what French verf;f^cali.^n is not- — 

 For the infoini.uion of tiie Englilh reader 

 it would have been well Vj have adde! a 

 few words, e.xpl.iining wliat // is. I beg 

 leave to fupply his omi'Tion, by obftrviiio, 

 that the incalure ufed by the French ii r 

 teroVc puetry, tragedy, and comedy, is 

 the Alex.ir.drii.e, which is buuliar to 



every reader at all acquainted with Dry- 

 den : ex. gr. 



" No plough (hall hurt the glebe, no prun- 

 ing-hook the vine."^ 



" Je chante le hercs, qui regna fur U 

 France," 



As different this from the " Cobler ivho 

 li'v'J in a flail,''' as the cobler's fiall is 

 from the lord mayor's ftate- coach. It is 

 tr"e, iiidee.d, that the uniformity of tl)e ' 

 paufe, invariably recurring after the fixth 

 fyllab.'e, renders fuch pocry fomewhat 

 monctjnons ar.d unplealmg to an Englifli 

 e"r, which is accultomed to greater vaii- 

 cty in our ten-fyllable verfe : but /Zi<3/ is 

 another queflion, and foreign to my pre- 

 fcnt puipofe. Yourconltant reader, 



Aiigujl j^, i%o^. Caius. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 



SIR, 



THE American " borer,'"'' mentioned 

 in your Inlt, is certainly an ingenious 

 and ufcful inlUument. I have leen and 

 admired it in America, and have no doubt, 

 that, if introduced here, it would give 

 great falisfaclion. But there is a part of 

 your defcripticn, whicli, though in itfclf 

 correft, will not perhat>s he reiddy com- 

 prehended by mechanics in genernl, viz. . 

 " a --ivideflatfcre-iv, hatnmercd up from a 

 plnte cf iron or jlecl.''' — The following 

 will, I believe, be underftood by every car- 

 penter — " A plate of iron or feel tnxjifled 

 in the fame fajhion as fmall fcrt-oj-dri-vers 

 frequently are, and ending in J centre bit. '^ 

 — Let me add, that this tool does not, 

 like the or.linary centre-bit, require the 

 aid of a ilock, but m.iy be worked by 

 hand, like a common augre or gimblet, 



I am. Sir, your's, &c. 

 Aiigii/f 4., lios- Terebro. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 



SIR, 



HAVING been induced tn contribute 

 fome article;* relating to the pratEtica 

 of phyfic to the New CyclopasJia, now' 

 pu'.jUfiiing under the fuperinendance of 

 Dr. Rees, I widi, througn the channel of 

 your MiigTizine, to make known to what 

 ex eiit thole communication? have been j 

 al fo, that I am no 1 nger a fcliow-labour- 

 er in that ufeful undtriaking : f^r I hive 

 found that the time require 1 for that pur- 

 pole was more than I coull conveniently 

 i'pare fr£m my othcf engagements. H;»d 

 it been fo, I (hould hive telt much fatis- 

 faition ill co operatin'^; with 1I1 jle gentle- 

 men (eminently clir.ing-.ifhed for their 

 knowledge 



