1806.] Literary and Philojophual TnieUigence. 



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Iv bftn (lone, and the Biiliop ofZeuland, 

 l-'ruttlibr Miiaterot'tlie Univiii'ity oiCi)- 

 pi'!ilKis;3n, iind Mr. Lafien ut' tlie Royal 

 Cliaiicery, liavc boeii apixjiiitcd Comiiul- 

 -fioiiers for examining and di^fefting tiie 

 wiiole, the rel'ults of whole difrulfions are 

 ordered to ho laid before the King be- 

 fore the end of December in the prcfent 

 jear. 



A Danifli Dirtionary, on a phni fimihTr 

 to that of tlic Dlftioiiuirc de rAcn/i'iiiic 

 Fraii^otJ'c, wliich is intended to fix the 

 ortliography and form the (laiidard of the 

 language, has for Ionic time boon in 

 hand, and is already in fome degree of 

 forwarduel's. It is undertaken at tlie ex- 

 pcace, and condu'ted niulcr the direc- 

 tion, of the Rovai Danilh Society of the 

 Sciences, and the moll dillinguillied lite- 

 rati of tiie country arc engaged in the ex- 

 ecution of it, having divided among them 

 the diiTerent letters of the alphabet. 



The tobacco-plantations at Fredoricia 

 in Jutland are now in a very llourilhing 

 itatc. La(t year 83,S03 pounds of to- 

 bacco, of diilcrcnt qnalitics, were produ- 

 ced by fifty-fix pianiors. 



At a Meeting of the Society of Sci- 

 ences of Drontheim, it was refolvcd to 

 appoint Mr. Aundt, of Altona, to under- 

 tsike a botanical and antiquarian tour 

 rhrouEi;ii Norway, agveeabl}' to the will of 

 tiic late IVIr. Iliimniei', who left a legacy 

 ibr that purpofe. 



Poland, 



On the 17th May the Polifli S(;ciety of 

 the Friends of the .Sciences held at Vv'ar- 

 faw their public meeting, which was 

 opened by the Prciidcnt in a fpcech, in 

 which he treated of the labours of the 

 fociety, and the works to be expected 

 from the members, lie particularly di- 

 rected their at: ention to the Tra\ els of 

 Prince Aloxrinder Sapieha, the relults of 

 which would coiifiderably enrich the hte- 

 rulurc of his native country. Abbot 

 Woiioxicz communicated the plan of a 

 Polilh epic poem, entitled the Lcc/iiudc, 

 ajid read the firft canto. A fearing flight 

 of fancy — an enraptured, eiithulialtic, and 

 eitremely correct diiiion, are the diliin- 

 guilhing traits of this production of ge- 

 nius, which h much more perfect than 

 his Jiigellonid and Sibvl. Abbot vo.v 

 Stasic read a continuation of the ac- 

 count of hib Zoological Tour, which he 

 lately uiulertook through tiic whole of the 

 ci-dtvnnt Poland, duriuij; which he madn 

 Juany inrLreltii.g an 1 important oblcrva- 

 tdvn^ atid dilloverLc:, rclulivv to tlie natu- 



ral hillory of tiiat eomiti'v, and of geo- 

 logy in geuerai, as the Carpathian uioini- 

 tauis had been the prmcipal object of his 

 inquiries. M. .^tasic ha-^ likewife pre- 

 fented to the fociety 5000 ducats, f jr the 

 purpofe of erecting a fuitabie place tor 

 holding their meetings. 



Fruffia. 

 Ill Prulfia the potatoe is cultivated 

 with peculiar fuccels. As the ftalk grovv.s, 

 the earth is heaped up, leaving mAv 

 three leaves at top. The roots arc thus 

 greatly increafed, and the produce is faid 

 to be altuuiiliini;-. 



Oennam/, 



M. I-oris DT. B.iczKo is engaged oa a 

 work intitled Ueher nikii I'clhjt und ludiie 

 Unglvcki^vf'dlu'tcH dm Bliiuh'ii. — ( )u 

 Myfolf and my Fellow-Sutfercrs the 

 Blind. It is divided into 10 lections. — . 

 1. General Remarks on the lielatious 

 and Conduct of t'c Blinil. — '.>. Notices 

 relative to fome reniarkai)lo and celebra- 

 ted Blind Pcrfons. — 3. (Jbfervations on 

 Vifion, and on the ^Manner in which tjie 

 other Senfos may fup])ly the Wai;t of it. 

 — 1. On the Iiiltitnte'at I'aris for tha 

 Education of tiie Blind ; Remarks on the 

 Character, thcPcciiUarities, tlie Advan- 

 tages and Diladvantages of Blind Per- 

 fons. — 5. lurtructians relative to the tirll 

 Education of all Blind I'eifous. — (j. The 

 moral and religious Education of the 

 Blind. — 7. Tlieir icientidc Education.— 

 o. The Labours, Trades, or Proielllons, 

 in which they may be employed. — 9. The 

 Blind conlidcred as Friends, a.s llulbands, 

 and Fathei-s. Mr. Bac/ko loll his fight at 

 the age of twenty-one, and has now fut- 

 fered twenty-iivc yours' blinducfs. In his 

 youth he was one of the favourite dif- 

 ciplcs of the celebrated Kaat ; which 

 circumllance cannot fail to excite atten- 

 tion to his work. 



The Obferyatory of Seeberg, near Go- 

 tha, which the late Duke ofGotha, the 

 founder of it, uled to call his only inona.' 

 ment, is at prefent abandoned. The 

 celebrated, IM. vox Zvcii has followed 

 the Ducliefs Dowager to ]'',!ienberg, 

 where a i-.ew obfervatorv is building. 



Profellbr M.wr.R read at the meeting 

 of tl:e Iloyal Society of Gottiugen, on 

 the '2,'ith of January, the fiilt part of his 

 Meteorological llelbarches, which treats 

 of the •' Chiinical Aliinity of th.e Celoftial 

 Bodies," i.e., of thv> iniluouce thi-y may 

 exercifc upon one aiioth,:r indopend'j,it,iv 

 of their izruvlty, — a/i intluuucc vviucii inuil 



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