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suppliec! by McKsrs. Donkin and Co. to 

 His JMajesly's vessels employed upou the 

 late voyage of discovery, 1 beg- leave to 

 state to you, that 1 consider them to have 

 been acquisitions of the highest value to 

 the provisional stores for that service, and 

 t cannot hesitate in saying that i believe 

 the substitution of those articles for a con- 

 siderable portion of the salt meat usually 

 allowed in the service, Avas one of the prin- 

 cipal causes of the general good state of 

 health which prevailed among the crews of 

 both vessels during the voyage. 



1 am also ha))py in testifying to the gene- 

 ral good quality of those provisions, as 

 well as to the perfection of the antisceptic 

 process, employed by Messrs. Donkin and 

 Co., by which their meats and soups con- 

 tinued in an unimpaired state of preserva- 

 tion to the end of the voyage. 



•louN Edwards, Surgeon. 

 A similar It'lter was written hy T. S. 

 Beverly, AssisUuit-Surgcoi). 



All account will he publisheil Ihis 

 Spring; of the interior of Ceylon and its 

 inhabifants, with travels in iliat islauil, 

 V by John Davy, iM.D. F.R.S. in -tto. 

 ' with a new and iuijjroved luap, wood- 

 cuts and eugraviugs. 'I'll is work is 

 composed entuely from original matc- 

 terials collected by tiie author during 

 his residence iu that island, under very 

 favourable circumstaueesfor procuring 

 correct information : 



The 1st part Hill embrace tlic pliysical condition 

 of thecountrv nnd Ihe politiral and inoml slate of 

 itsinhal.il.int's, iiiciiidiiig it* geoj;iaphy, s»"'9Sy 

 and climate, its popiil.iticm. government, religion, 

 arts and nieiires, liistory, &.<■. 



Tlie 2d pari will contain a narrative of the au- 

 thors travels tiiough a great extent of the interior, 

 in whioh tlie features of the coDnfry will be de- 

 embed, and ni.iliy of tlie above snlijecl.' further 

 illuMiateci. , „ J. , 



The .lid .ind la*t part will relate to tlie Medieal 

 Mislorj of Ceylon, and will comprehend an account 

 of theellects of ii.« climate on man, the disea?es 

 peculiar to it, and the methods of prevention and 

 cure by which they are most succe^stully combated . 



Mr. C. Belies Illustrations of tlie 

 Great Operations of Surgeiy, vvill be 

 completed iu a few days by the publica- 

 tion of the fifth part. 



The cfiuciuding volume is printing 

 of Dr. CLARiiE's Northern Travels, 

 through Denmark, Sweden, Lapland, 

 Finland, Norway, and Russia, with a 

 description of the City of St. Peters- 

 burgh, during tlie tyranny of the Em- 

 peror Paul. By E. D.Clarke, LL.D. 

 Being the sixth and concluding volume 

 of the author's travels in Europe, Asia, 

 and Africa. 



The first numlicr of Illustrations of 

 Shakespeare, engraved iu the finest 

 style by the most eiv.inent historical 

 engravers, from jiictures painted ex- 

 pressly for this work by Robert Smirke, 

 E.sq. R„^..^vill be puldished early in 



April 1, 



this inontli. The name of this artist 

 may fully justify, and will duubtiess 

 not deceive the most sanguine expec- 

 tations, as the varied scenes of passion 

 and huuiour in the plays cif Shakspeare 

 will aS'ord ample .scope for the skill 

 and beauty of his iiencil. 



An Historical and Topographical 

 account of Devonshire, being the Ninth 

 Part of Magna Britannia, or a concise 

 account of the several Counties of Greal 

 Britain, by the Rev. Daniel Lvsoxs, 

 and the late Samtjkl Lysons, Esq. 

 will be published iu a few weeks. 



l\Ir. Thomas Taylor, the modern 

 Greek philosopher, has issued propo- 

 sals for printhig by subscription, in one 

 volume octavo," lamblieli us on the Mys- 

 teries of the Egyiitians, Chaldcivns, 

 and Assyrians, This work, says Mr. 

 T., is replete with information derived 

 from the Wise Men of the Chaldeans, 

 the Prophets of the Egyptians, the 

 Dogmas of the Assyrians, and the an- 

 cient Pillars of Hermes, while it is tin- 

 most copious, the clearest, and the 

 most satisfactory defence extant of the 

 genuine theology of the ancients. 



Profili- Portiails of distingitished 

 Living Characters at the accession of 

 George W . are preparing for publica- 

 tion, drawn from life, by Robert 

 Thomas, accompanied by concise bio- 

 graphical notices. The design of this 

 work is to commemorate the accession 

 of his present Majesty by a series of 

 portraits of distinguished individuals 

 in church and state, in tlie army and 

 navy, in the liberal jirofessions, and 

 in all the departments of science, art, 

 and literature. It is to be published in 

 monthly parts, containing seven por- 

 traits. 



An Analogical Enquiry hifo the pro- 

 bable Results of the Influence of Fac- 

 titious Eruptions in Hydrophobia Teto- 

 mus, Non Exanthemafous and other 

 diseases incidental to the human body, 

 illustrated by cases ; will soon be pub- 

 lished, in a letter to Dr. Charles Parry, 

 F.R.S. &c. by Edward Jenner, esq. 

 M.D. F.R.S. &c. 



Mr. Partington of the Loudon 

 Institution, has announced the com- 

 pletion of his long expected work on 

 Steam Engines. This treatise will 

 comprize a full and accurate descrip- 

 tion of that stupendous machine in all 

 its varied modifications ; and a copious 

 Appendix will be annexed of a com- 

 plete analysis of the various patents 

 connected with this bianch of mecha- 

 nics to the present time. 



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