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by the application of the Sft. 'terebinth 

 externally, and of opium internally. The 

 k>ain ceafcii in hall an hour, and in three 

 weekv a perfefl erne was effefled. To 

 prove the good eftefl of the ftimulant 

 plan, this child took in four Aifi fixty 

 drops of tinft. opii, the lame quantity of 

 liquor volat. corn, cervi, and almoft a 

 b>ttle of (herry ia whey. The cate "is 

 communicated by Dr. Kentish, from Dr. 

 Felix, furgeou ol His Majeily's tiiip San 

 Jx)icf. 



The King of Sweden has eflablifhed 

 a nev>- military carpi under the title of the 

 Royal Geometrical Corps. Their buli- 

 feoefs is to make all military fuiveys, and 

 prepare charts and dekriptiuns of thein ; 

 and to colktSl, anange, and prelerve, all 

 documents relative to the military affairs 

 of Sweden. 



K-. DankelmaNN, a pupil of the Mi- 

 neralogical Academy at Fieybeig, whofe 

 zeal for mineralogy induced him to accept 

 an engagement in the fervice of the Eaft 

 India Company, has returned to Weimar. 

 He fet fail in Auguft iSoa from the 

 Texel, in the fquadron commanded by Ad- 

 miral Dekker,from which his (liip was fe- 

 para.ed in a ftorm and driven on the coall 

 ef Norway. With incredible difficulty 

 he reached Teneriffe, whence he fet out 

 for Batavia, and after a refidence of four 

 months at that phce he failed for theCape of 

 Good Hope. The objefl othis expedition 

 wastomske amineialogical tour of the in- 

 terior of the Dutch colonies, and particu- 

 larly to examine the copper ores which 

 they contain. The fiift thiig on which he 

 purpofes to employ himfeU will be in 

 drawing up a narrative of his voyage. 



The Royal Academy of the Fine Arts 

 and Mecharical Arts of Berlin has re- 

 ceived into the number of its members M. 

 "Wegener, whohasdifcoveredanew pro- 

 cefi for printing geographical maps with 

 moveable types at much lels expence than 

 by the ordinary method. 



A moft valuable colleflion of Eaftern 

 MSS., the property of Minjor Ouselev, 

 brother of Sir William Oiiftley, was 

 bioughf to Eiigland by the laft Bengal 

 fleet. The numfcer of Arabic, Perfian., 

 and Sanfciit books, amounts to nearly fif- 

 teen thoul'and volumes. Befui'es fhele 

 there are vail rolleflions of natural hiftory 

 and mineralogy, and a great many botani- 

 cal paintings executed in the nioft accu- 

 rate manner. The quantity of additional 

 curiofities and monuments is very great. 

 There are many portfolios of immenfe 

 fize, containing mythological paintings of 

 great antiquity, fplcndidly iliuininated. 



and colle£led from all parts of HindoHan, 

 from Thibet, Tartary, China, Ceylon, 

 Avaj Sec. To thefe are added feveral 

 idols of Itone, metal, wood, and other ma- 

 terials. There is alfo a cabinet of the 

 moft rare medals, gems, and other an- 

 tiques. The treafure is ftill farther en- 

 riched with a complete feries of the coins 

 ftruck by Mahometan princes fince the 

 reign of Timour, and with fpcGiinens of 

 armour, horfe furniture, fwotds, fpears, 

 bows and arrows, and all the weapons 

 iifed in Perfia, India, and other countries 

 of the Eaft. The Majorhas alfo execut- 

 ed, on the fpot, in various parts of India, 

 origiiiil drawings. He has a'fo brought 

 home mufical inftruments, and feveral 

 hundred tunes fet to mufic by himfelf, 

 from the voice of Perfian, Caflitnerian, 

 and Indian fingers. The fituation of Ma- 

 jor Oufeley, as Aid-de-Camp to the Na- 

 bob of Oude, gave him great advantages 

 for procuring fuch commodities ; and hi« 

 acquifitiorft, added to thofe of his brother. 

 Sir W.Ouliiley, who already polfefles eight 

 hundred Arabic, Perfian, and Turkilh 

 MSS., will form a more fplendid collec- 

 tion than any that is yet poffeffed in Eu- 

 rope. 



The fum already collected in Germany for 

 the ereflion of Luther'sMonumentjto which 

 we referred in a former Number, amounts 

 to 15,510 rixdoUars. Engravings of the 

 difFcient defigns which have been prefent- 

 ed to the Society for this tribute of na- 

 tional gratitude to the great emancipator 

 of Chriftendom from fpiritual bondage, 

 will be publiflied, and circulated at a low 

 price. The celebrity of this great refor- 

 mer ftands little in need of fuch a monu- 

 ment, but when it is erefted as a tribute 

 lo hii memory, it ought, by its magnifi- 

 cence, to bear fome analogy to the greaL- 

 nels of the benefits he conferred. 



M. Van Mons ftates, that if lead- 

 aflies be difTolved in a fufficient quantity 

 of dilute nitric acid, aflifted by a gentle 

 heat, and the folution be filtered, and 

 then precipitated by chalk brought to an 

 impalpable powder by levigation, the pre. 

 cipitate, when wartied and dried, willbe 

 the ]uireft and moft beautiful cerufe pof- 

 fible. 



The following is the method adopted 

 in Paris of making balfamic and anti- 

 putrid vinegar : — Take the beft white- 

 wine vinegar, a hand'ful of lavender, 

 leaves and flowers, the fame quantity of 

 fage, leaves and flowers, hyfl'op, thyme, 

 bain., favory ; a good handful of fait, 

 and two heads of gfrlic ; infufe thefe in 

 the vinegar a fortnight or three week* 5 



