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prevailin<; winds, and their degrees of 

 forces, the electrical and aerial pheuo- 

 mcna. &c. 



7. Tlie barometrical variations could 

 not be preserved wiiii preeisioji except 

 in the places wJiich (hey touched at. 

 The results of tlicui Iiave been consign- 

 ed to a particular register, 



8. It was not posible to observe 

 the tides and currents, except at a 

 small nuuibfu of points ; but ilie data 

 ac(juired at Rio Janeiro, at the Isle of 

 France, at RaAvak, and at Guam, are 

 not without interest. 



0. Tlie uumbfT of charts formed dur- 

 ing (he voyage is about thirty. A jjart 

 of (lieni have already been completed ; 

 but file whole of (he materials col- 



f April 1, 



lecfed on this subject, and ebi^sed with 

 great care, will give ever}' facility de- 

 sirable for carrying on tiiis publica- 

 tion. 



10. Notwithstanding th> wreck at 

 the Falkland Islands, \^-1ilch >ti(4s>d 

 the loss of eighteen cases of specimens 

 of natuial Jiistory, there remain still 

 about forty. These contain a great 

 number of specimens of the three king- 

 <loms of nature: and esp(!icially alrtJONt 

 the whole of those which Svert'collteted 

 at the Marianne Islands. ' 



11. The number of dra«-inijS rfiade 

 during the voyage, amdunt fo stv-j^id 

 hundnKls ; (he greater j)art adi/iirable 

 for (lie beauty of the places they repre- 

 sent. 



PROCEEDINGS OF PUBLIC SOCIETJtEJS, , 



VROSPECTUS of an AOUICri.TrRAL 

 mtd HOIlTlCUIiTURAIj SOCIETY hi 

 INDIA, blj UK. CAREY. 



AN agncuKural society in India, 

 which it is the object of this pros- 

 jiectus to recoininend. coi-ld not fail of 

 producing the most beiiciicial results, 

 both ivs it res}x;cts the peasant ry,t lie land- 

 holders, the Furoi)eaiis \'."ho engage in 

 its promotion, and the country at large. 

 It would tend to enlarge the ideas of 

 the peasantry, to dissijjafe (heir jireju- 

 dices, to call forth their laten(encr?,ies, 

 and to encourage their industry, and 

 to promote (heir respec(ability anilnse- 

 fuliK'ss in society. 



The draining of marshes, thecuKi- 

 va(iou of large tracts of country, now 

 not only useless, but (lie resor( of sa- 

 vage beasts, and the source of s(!vere 

 diseases; tlie impiovement of stock; 

 tlic creation of a larger quantby of (he 

 necessaries and conveniences of life, 

 and of raw ina(erials for maun facfu res; 

 (be gradual con(piest of that indolence, 

 wliich in Asiatics is almost become a 

 second nature; and the introduction 

 of iiabits of cleanliness, and a neat ar- 

 rangement of domestic conveniences 

 in the place of sipialid wretchedness, 

 neglect, and confusion, in a word, of 

 industry and virtue in (he room of idlc- 

 nessandvicc, niighl all, by an associ- 

 a(ion of (his na(ure, in time become 

 obviously im|X)rtant, even to the na- 

 tives themselves. 



Were an agricultural society formed 

 in India, its first endeavours would be 

 directed to the obtaining of informa- 

 tion upon the almost innumerable sub- 

 jects which present themselves ; it 

 would thereby gradually jjfcnmulate a 



stock of knowledge upon evt^i'y, si^bi^ct 

 connected with those cutjuiries, i\yhi]i;Ti 

 when embodied, would coniprise llie 

 total of i\\c. jnesent ideas, (he expprj- 

 men(s, (he general practice, and (he 

 proposed plans of a groat iiumbcr of 

 individuals. Though nnwt of the cul- 

 miferous plauis, which are of the first 

 inijiortauce as arlicles of food, arc <\\)\e. 

 to I)ear almost CApially the Ke\ ere. win- 

 ters of (he north and the burniug heat 

 of the torrid zone, yet the uiode of cul- 

 tivation must be greatly varied to en- 

 sure su(-cess in these ditFereut clima(<'S. 

 It is also obvious, that many pUiuts 

 which furnish useful and valuable crops 

 in one climate, cannot be cul(iva(ed in 

 anodicr excep{ as ar(icl(;s of curiosKy ; 

 hence tliat variety of plants and tree^ 

 capable of being cultivated in diftcrent 

 ])aits of India, and of forming rich 

 iields, luxuriant gardens iindorcJiards, 

 and valuable forestsoftimbc:r, of cloth- 

 ing the highest mmmtains and the 

 deepest vallies, and overspreading the 

 most extensive plains, though coiiiposcil 

 of every variety of soil, renders neces- 

 sary some plan which may stimulate 

 and direct agricultural operations, far 

 more extensive than (hose wbicJj, any 

 local estabiislunent caai ,|;ossib)x,,iejp^- 

 braee. , ,. , .,,; 



Another object fo be pursuect liy! an 

 agricuKunil Kocie(yis, (lie introduction 

 of new and useful plants. That (here 

 art; great niinibers of j)laiits suited to 

 the soil and climate of India, besides 

 those already culiivated, no one -vvill 

 deny. The great and incrciising (le- 

 maud made by the arts and inanufac- 

 tui-es upon the prtwiuce of the soil, lor 

 pariicuiar pKKlucijons, is such as to re- 

 quire 



