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Success of Mr. Smari's Chimnei/- Cleanser. [Aug. I, 



Tliefc parts afford nothing for tlieininera- 

 Jogift. In my excuifious into the interior 

 of the country, to thr tliftance of nearly 

 fixty miles from San Mipuel, I have dif- 

 covered nothing but ar<;lllaceous fiate 

 and very hard granite, of \vh)rh I fliall 

 bring you fome fpccimcns. If nature he 

 not rich in minerals, (he is fo much the 

 more abundant in vegetables and ani- 

 mals, cfpecially infefts and ferpents. On 

 this lalt clafs of animals, in particular, I 

 have had occahon to make ionie \ery cu- 

 rious obfcrvations, accompanied with 

 dra^vintcs and prepared fpecimcns. I am 

 incellantlj- engaged in the two laft-mcn- 

 rioned objetts. Dr. Langsdorf is inde- 

 fatigable in thepurfuit of infects; and he 

 ■will bring back with liim fome interefting 

 collections for entomology. Captain 

 Krufenflern does all that lies in his pow- 

 erto encourage and facilitate our labours. 

 He is truly a man of fciencc, who pofl'ef- 

 fes exteniive attainments, geographical, 

 literary, aftronomical, and mathematical, 

 and is at the fame time a very modell 

 man. It was not till we reached Tcne- 

 rilTe that our Andiaflhdor made public 

 tlie Emperor's orders, by which he is ap- 

 pointed commander-in-chief of the vef- 

 fels. Till that time it was imagined that 

 the chief command was entrullcd to 

 Captain Krufenftern, who was the real 

 projector of the \vhole undertaking. The 

 day before yellerday I drew from nature 

 ft young living American crocodile : I 

 iifterwards killed it in fpirits,and fuipped 

 it of its iliin. Laft week I caught a coln- 

 hrr a/rnr, which I likcwifc llviniicd. We 

 frtyjuently kill birds, and we purchafe 

 others, which we Ihilf. This occupation, 

 I muft confefs, I dillike ; and fmcc we 

 have been here I have liuffod only two 

 colubris, though there are groaf. numbers 

 in this country. Our collection .contains 

 among other things a Ramphafluf Aru- 

 car-i, L., which the Portugueze cal? To- 

 eaiio, and wliich is didinguiflicd for ^hti 

 ieauty of its colours ; the Farra B/v/iJ, 

 L. ; and a great number of parrots. 

 Among the quadrupeds of our collection 

 are the Cercopit funis cynaniulgus, Muca- 

 ro, Sifniu BeeLehib, ix.c. Another time 

 I wiD gi\ e you a coniplete catalogue. 



Port of St. Ptter and St. Fmil in 

 Kuinjchatka, Aug.'i''J, 1804. 

 SINCE our iix weeks fvay at the illand 

 of St. Catlierine in Brafil., \ hwe had no 

 opportunity of writing to you. We have 

 been on Ihoie at Nukrjhiwah, one of the 

 Marquefas, and at Ov/]jyheu, one of the 

 Sandwich iflands, fjni.juH for the death 

 «f Captain Cook. I tl)<;re found fome 



interefting animals, and liopc I liave 

 fuccecded in my endea\ours to draw up 

 accurate defcriptions of them, acco:npa-' 

 nied with paintings and deligns of the 

 animals. I have in particular beftowed 

 great pains on the fludy of the iiihabi- 

 tauts of tliofc illauds. I polVcfs three 

 fine IkuUs, which I fliall fend you on our 

 arrival at Copenha>:en in our .vay to Pe- 

 terfljurg. To thcfe I fliall add feveraL 

 other curious oljicCts. All the connoif- 

 feurs who have fecn my drawings of the 

 national phyliognomies of the Savages, 

 their habitations, their drcflcs, coftumes, 

 and ulenfds, agree tluit they arc exceed- 

 ingly correct. If I am fo fortunate as to 

 return to Europe in good health, I pur- 

 pofe to model in wax thefe*-';ivagcs, with 

 all their tatooing, in fuch a faithful man- 

 ner, that you would take them for the 

 originals themfelves, I have hvcd with 

 them on the moll intimate footing, and 

 have had opportunities not onlyof takinj 

 many drawings, but alfo of mouldinsj 

 whatc\er 1 thought projicr. I have jull 

 fent off from this 'place to the Royal Aca- 

 demy of Sciences at St. Peterlburg fixty- 

 nine pictures, and twice the number of 

 fluffed (|uadrupeds, amphibia, and birds. 

 I Ihall lea^e here two chells filled with 

 objefts preferved in f|)irits of wine, whicli 

 we Audi take a\vay next year on our re- 

 turn. 1 poflefs alfo twice as many Ikctch- 

 es, laniifcapes, and drawings, zootomical 

 and z'jological. All the deligns fent to 

 the Academy were maile in the fpace of 

 one year. Our painter, who is alllicted 

 with tiie lloiie, has fet out from hence by 

 land for St. Peterlburg, and he is accom- 

 panied by the lluffian botauift M. Bri- 

 kin. I have been cluirged with the two 

 employments whicii have become vacant 

 by tlieir departure. 



To the Edilor of the Monthltf Magazine. 



SIR,' 



SOI\IE time having elapfed fmce the 

 figure and deicription of Smart's 

 newly-invented c/iiinnet/-c/t'(injtr was in- 

 (erted in your ufeful and entertaining 

 Mifcelluny, many of your readers in the 

 country and abroad may be deiirous to 

 hear whether the f:>id machine has been 

 brought into fuccefsful ufe. 



I find that foon after its invention, in 

 1803, it besian to be adopted in London, 

 as being the moft ufeful and humane me- 

 thod of fweeping clunineys ; and above 

 ten thoufand flues have already been 

 cleanfed in this way in London. Its uti- 

 lity begins alf) to be generally acknow- 

 ledged both in clearing cliimiiejs from 



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