2ueri/ relative to a Passage in Ovid. 



[Aug. 1, 



MINERALOGY. 

 EAKTHS AND FIXED ALKALIES. 



1. Silica. Quartz. Fclfpar. Ilornftone. 

 Carnelian. Chalcedony. Flint. 



2. Alumiijc. Cornuduin. Kuby. Eme- 

 rald. Topaz. Schi.'lus. Sme6tis. Litho- 

 luarga. Bole. Lepidolite. 



S. Lime. Limeftone. Dolomite. Mar- 

 lite. Iluates. Phofphoritcs. 



4. Magnelia. Steatites. Serpentines. 

 Jade. Aibeflus. Chryfolite, &c. 



5. Zircon. Hyacinth. Jargon. 



6. Glucine. Beryl. Emerald. 



7. Aguftine. A gem like Beryl, 



8. Yttria. Gadolinitc. 

 ■ i). Barytes. 



10. Stro'ntia. 



Jl. Soda. Natron. 



DIAMOND. 



Petrol. Afpaltura. Amber. Mcllilithus. 



SULPIIVR. 



Metals. 



Oxides. 



Sulphurets. 



Pliofphorets. 



Carburets. 



Plutiua. Gold. Silver. Quickfilvcr. 

 Copper. Iron. Lead. Tin. Zinc. Anti- 

 inony. Bifmuth. Cobalt. Nickel. Man- 

 gunefe. Uranium. Tellurium. Titanium. 

 Chrome. Arfeuic. JMoiybderum. Tuntr- 

 fiein. Columbium. Pjilladium. llhodium. 



BOTANY. 



An apartment might be elegantly dedi- 

 cated to this fciciice, turninied vvitli colour- 

 ed prints or paintings of the 'J4 clafles, 

 illuftrated by a well-ielectcd fpccimen of 

 each, !u;d likewife of their fcvcral orders. 



Clafs 1. Monandria. 2 orders, Mono- 

 gynia and Digynia. 1 Canna. 2. Blitum. 



Clafs 10. Decandria. .5 orders. 



Clafs H. Dodecanilria. Sempervivum 

 (if any) of twelve ilamcns. 



Clafs 12. Icofandria. 90 flainina or 

 inorc from tlie calyx or corolla. 



Clafs 13. rolyaiidria. From 20 to 100 

 Camilla rifing from the receptacle, &C. 



Arranged fpccimen.s of iruit-fced.s and 

 fted-veiTels, roots itnd bulbs, might b-e 

 exhibited ; with a collec'tion of iheljeit 

 botanical publications, Ilerbaiia, &c. 



AGlilCrLTll'.E 



has been omitted in enumerating the arts 

 requiring mechanical aid. It^ macliincry 

 may be claffed with that for incf;:afu:g 

 pover. 



A mufenm thus arranged, and limited 

 to objects of utility for infonnation ra- 

 ther than of cofiJy rarity, might be eafdy 

 toiletied at a moderate expence, could 

 not fail to fih.nnlate inquiry, facilitate ftu- 

 dy, and mix dcTight \Yith lerious contem- 

 piution. Zetetes. 



To the Editor of the Monthli/ Magazine, 



SIR, 



IN Ovid's noble and magnificent de- 

 Icription of the fate af Phaeton there 

 appears to be a great difficulty, or rather 

 a manifeli abfurdity, which, if any of 

 your learned CoiTefpondents will favour 

 me by removing, 1 lliall efteem myfelf 

 teltinely obliged. 



At the 237th verfe the poet begins to 

 enumerate the feveral dreams dried up 

 by the erroneous courfe of the Sun's cha- 

 riot ; thus : 



Timi facta eft Libya raptis humoribus asftu 

 Arida , tuiii Nyniplia; paflii fontcique lacus- 



que 

 Deflevtre comis : qiieritiir Boeotin Dirccn, 

 Argos Am^'moiien. Ephyre Pyrenidas undas: 

 Nee fortita loco diftaiitcs ttiiniina ripas 

 Tuta raaU'int : Uhediis Tanais fumavit in un> 



dis, 

 Pensiusquf; fcne.x, Tcuthranteusqiie Ca'icus, 

 Et celtr Ilinciios, cum riiocdicQ Eryinaiw 



tlio, 

 ArfurusiiMC itenim Xauthus, flavusque Ly- 



cormus, 

 Q'.iiqiie rrcurvatis ludit Mseandros in undls, 

 JMygduiiiiisqiie i\Ielas, & Tajnariiis Eurolas ; 

 Arfit et Eup.'irates Babylonius, arfit Orontes, 

 Th^rniodoonquc cilus, Gaiigcsque 6c Phaiisfic 



laer. 

 ./T^ftuat Alplieos, ripa- SperclicVdcs arucnr, 

 Quodque I'lio Tagiis aiiiiie veliit fiuit iguibus 



aiininr, 

 Et qu!6 IMiOonias celebraruot carmine, ripas 

 Fhiinineae volucres medio calnere Cavftro. 

 jS'iIos ill cxtremuiii lugit perleiritu^ orbeiii, 

 Occuluitqtie caput, quod adhuc iatet, ollia 



lepteiu 

 Pulverulenta vacant, fcptein fine fluniine 



valles : 

 Sors eadem Ifniarios Hebrum cum Stryraoiie 



iiccat, 

 nefperio:>que amncs, Rhenum, Rliodanum- 



qiie Paditmque, 

 CuiquQfuit reruni proiuiira potentla Tybrin. 

 Podus is declared by Ainfworth to be 

 " the chief river of Italy, rifing out of 

 the Alps, and by feveu mouths difeni- 

 boguing itfclf into the Adriatic Sea. It 

 is called bv Ovid Eridanus, into which 

 Phaf'ton fell after he was llruck with 

 /tiimider." 



The pa(](;ige alluded to is the following : 

 V. 319 : 

 At Pliaetoii, rutilos fianiroa populante ca- 



pillos, 

 Volvitur in prosceps, longoque per aeia 



traftu 

 Fertnr ; ut interdum de coEloftella fereno 

 Quae fi noa cecidit, poluit cecidiU'e videri. 

 Quern procul a patria diverfo m.ixunus orbe 

 E.\cipit £nX';:u5, fumaatiaquc abluit ora. 



Now my queftion is this : if Pudus 

 and EridaiMs were both the fame river, 



(,the 



