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the longer the better ; and then it is found 

 to be an excellent remedy for wounds, for 

 i'pafms and fuffbcation. By rubt)ing the 

 hands and temples with it, a perfon may 

 go into foul air with great faftty. 



From vaiious experiments made in Ger- 

 many, it appears that the haikof that (pe- 

 cies of the fervice tree called by Linnaeis 

 forbus aucuparm, is well adapted to the 

 tanning of leather, and that fix pounds of 

 this bark, colle6led in autumn, furnifhes 

 as much tanning-matter as feven pounds 

 of oak-bark ; and ardent fpirit may be 

 likewife coUcded from the ripe beiries of 

 this tree. Twelve pounds of berries 

 yield two quarts of fpiiit ; the pulp, afttr 

 dirtillation, affords excellent nourifliment 

 for cattle. 



As frequently toad ftools and other 

 fpecits of the fungus kind are eaten for 

 mufhrooms, a method of preventing the 

 pernicious effefls has been prailifed in 

 France, which is ftated to be an infallible 

 remedy:—" Excite vomiting, employ 

 laxatives and clyfters, and after the firft 

 evacuations adminilfer a dram of fulphuric 

 ether in a i;Iafs of water of marlh-mal- 

 lows. If the lymptoms are very alarm- 

 ing, it may be neceffaiy to give a clyl'er 

 made with a ftrongdecoflion of tobicco." 

 M. Hermbstadt, of Berlin, giv«s the 

 follooi'ing as a cheap method of obtaining 

 the fugar of the beet-root : — Let the beet- 

 roots be pounded in a mortar, and then 

 I'ubjefted to the prefs j the juice is next to 

 be clarified with lime, like that of the lu- 

 gar-cane, and then by evaporation bring 

 it to the confluence of fyrup. From loo 

 lbs of raw fugar thus obtained, 80 lbs. 

 may be had, by the fiift refining;, of wcll- 

 cryftallized fugar, inferior neither in qua- 

 lity nor whitenefs to that of the Well- 

 Indies. T«'o days are fufficient to com- 

 plete the operation. 



Mr. Mackqnochie, of Balypoor, 

 near Calicut, propofea publilhing a large 

 work on the Theorv and Practice of Ni- 

 val ArchiteSfnre; aifo Political ;md Com- 

 mercial Striflures on the Comparative 

 State of Naval Archite<Sliire in Great Bri- 

 tain and India; with a Plan tor Improv- 

 ing :'v; Timh;r.Trade of India, fo as to 

 obviate the increafing Scarcity in En- 

 gland, and render hei Independent of the 

 Northern Nati.^ns of Europe (or the Means 

 of Supporting her Navy." 



In New -Yoik accurate edition* of fe- 

 VJtral of the hi 'V clafllcs have lately ap- 

 peared ; among ihefe are Csclar's Com- 

 mentaries, Virgil's Work*, the Orations 

 ot Cirero. Thefe have been editrd hy 

 Mr. Malcomb CAMPCtLL, In Pliii- 



adelphia, alfo, an edition of Virgil, C«- 

 far, and Sallnft, have been lately publiftu 

 ed ; and, for the ufe of ihe lower fonns 

 in the fchools of the New Contintnt, edi- 

 tions of Corderius, ^^fop's Fibles, Eraf- 

 mus, and Selefta e Frolanis, ai'e ann'ounc- 

 as nearly ready. 



The Medical Society of South Carolina 

 has opened a fubfcription for the purpofe 

 of eftablifliing a botanical garden in 

 Charleftcn, the objeft of which is to cul- 

 tivate plants iifeful in mtdicine, in order 

 to esiihie the ftudent to become acquaint- 

 ed with the growth and appearance of the 

 medicine that he pretcribes. Should the 

 fubfcription be more than is necefiaiy for 

 the maintenance of the garden, it is pro- 

 pofed to commence a library containing 

 the beft Treatifes on botany, natural hil- 

 tory, and agriculture. 



A mechanic of Augfburg, named 

 Heinke, has propofed to make known, 

 in confideration of a certain fum of mocev, 

 inventions tending to an objeit of nu Icls 

 importance than to render abortive all mi- 

 litary operations, if his machine he em- 

 ployed. He offers to furr.irti three ma- 

 chines to be examined by a committee \ 

 thefe are ; i. A felf-moving nuchinifra, 

 eifentially necelTary to the niolern military 

 fyltem ; a. A machine offenfive and de- 

 fenfive, fufceptibleoF many modifications ; 

 and *. A military inltrument to be ul'ed 

 by water. He (tates, that by thefe Ger- 

 many would, in a period incredibly fliort, 

 be placed in fuch a formidable Hate ot de- 

 fer.ce, that the united attacks ot ali Eu- 

 rope would not be able to make -any im- 

 preflion upon her. 



CoNSTANTUiOPLE. — The Grand 

 Seignior, according to feveral foreign 

 j'lurnals, has f;nt to Prince MoR-iisi the 

 foUoAing Older, wh ch furnifiics a veiy 

 remaikable proof of the improvement of 

 police, and of the attention o 'he fcienccs, 

 the Turkifti Empire : — " Prince Deme- 

 trius Moriifi : Hiil to thy genius' I 

 make known to tliee, by this imperial de- 

 C'ee, tiiat it Ins long been n;y muft high 

 will to put an end 10 theimpiK'ent inend'- 

 city by which a let of vajaboni's are fo 

 troubltfome to the inbabitanis of my ca- 

 pi'al. I have thetetore judged it exped'- 

 ent to place in ti'c hjfp ta s luch as by 

 chronic difeafes are obliged to beg the r 

 bredd ; but to fend back into their native 

 country luch as are (ound, and in gond 

 licahh, and are able to earn a lubfilien<.c 

 bv the labour of their hands. 1 have 

 accordingly ordered the patriarchs of the 

 Greeks and Armenians t» put this my 

 lii^h will snd cuinmuud in executicn. I 



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