1822.] 
must be forwarded to the house of the 
Professor, together with the subscrip- 
tion for the course, which is twelve 
pounds. 
From the collections in the Paris 
Museums, M. Humsoxtpr estimates 
the known species of plants at 56,000, 
and those of animals at51,700; among 
which 44,000 insects, 4,000 birds, 700 
reptiles, and 500 mammalia. In Eu- 
rope live about 400 species of birds, 
80 mammalia, and 30 reptiles; and in 
the opposite southern zone, on the 
Cape, we find likewise almost five 
times more birds than mammalia. 
Towards the equator, the proportion 
of birds, and particularly of reptiles, 
increases considerably. According to 
Cuvier’s enumeration of fossil ani- 
mals, it appears that in ancient pe- 
riods the globe was inhabited much 
more by mammalia than birds. 
NETHERLANDS. 
. Some activity prevails in the presses 
of the Netherlands, owing to the less 
liberal system of France, A fine edi- 
tion of Choiseul Gouffier’s Greece is 
printing in ten volumes octavo, and 
some original works of Travels, His- 
tory, and Biography, have lately 
appeared at Brussels. A translation 
is even announced of O’Meara’s 
“Voice from St. Helena;” and, though 
the press does not enjoy the protec- 
tion of Trial by Jury, yet the govern- 
ment is confident in its own strength, 
and does not appear to tremble at the 
warnings or the voice of truth. 
AFRICA. 
The Prussian naturalists, Drs. Eu- 
RENBERG and Hemprick, on their 
travelsin Northern Africa, arrived on 
the 15th of February at Dongola, the 
capital of Nubia. They had previ- 
ously forwarded ien chests and four 
casks, with subjects of natural history, 
to the Royal Museum at Berlin. 
AMERICA. 
‘The union of the American lakes 
with the Atlantic Ocean, by a canal 
from Hudson’s river, goes rapidly on 
to completion. In a few months the 
Grand Western Canal, 315 miles in 
length, will cause the inland seas and 
the ocean to mingle their great waters. 
Ten thousand men have been for some 
time employed in this vast enterprise, 
which is the offspring of the bold po- 
licy of the chief magistrate of New 
York. 
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WEST INDIES. 
The following letter from Boyer, 
president of Hayti, to M. Jullien, 
conductor of the Revue Encyclo- 
pedique, proves that that eminent man 
is duly attentive to the interests of lite- 
rature, and argues well for the happi- 
ness and improvement of Hayti. 
Liberty Equality. 
REPUBLIC OF HAYTI. 
J. Pierre Boyer, President of Hayli, to Mre 
Jullien Founder, Director of the Revue 
Encyclopédique. 
Sir,—I have, in the interval of a few 
days, received the letters which you sent 
me, dated the 15th of October and the 4th 
of November last, the first by Mr. Frederic, 
and the other by Mr. St. Georges, for 
whom you ask my interest. I do not think 
that this young man, in conforming to the 
laws and customs of the country, will meet 
any obstacle to the success of the affairs 
entrusted to him: the protection which go- 
vernment is glad to give to commerce, 
must leave no fear to foreign speculators 
who come here, on the result of the opera- 
tions they seek to make. Should, how- 
ever, your protégé happen to experience 
any difficulty in the pursuit of his commer- 
cial affairs, and should it depend on me to 
facilitate their success, you may be as- 
sured I will give him my protection. 
I have read with much satisfaction the 
first of the above-mentioned letters, and 
am sensible to the obliging expressions it 
contains. in giving my opinion on your 
Revue Encyclopédique, I paid but a feeble 
homage to the merit of that important 
publication. Iam sorry, but not surprised, 
at the obstacles it meets with from suspi- 
cious men, inimical to all philanthropy; it 
is natural that all which throws a dazzling 
lustre hurts eyes which fear the light; but 
what is not less certain is, that the more 
efforts these blind men make to hinder 
the progress of the Revue, the more they 
will enhance its worth. A production 
which holds so distinguished a place in the 
literary world, and has obtained so many 
honourable testimonials, (eulogies,) must 
eertainly triumph, a little sooner or a little 
later, over all the attempts directed 
against it. 
From the time this letter reaches you, 
you will oblige me by reckoning me 
among the number of your subscribers for 
ten copies of the Revue Encyclopedique. 
Receive, sir, a new assurance of my 
distinguished consideration. J. BOYER, 
Port-au-Prince, 15th August, 1821. 
18th Year of Independence. 
It affords us pleasure to learn that 
the press is unshackled in Hayti, and 
that a system of civil liberty governs 
that noble island. 
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