& Employment of Females.— Butterflies. — Bahama Islands? [ Aug. 1, 
which is now performed by the aid of 
machinery. Liven the needle is now 
superseded by a machine in the manu- 
factory of gloves. I propose, there- 
fore, the introduction of the manufac- 
ture of Turkey carpets, for which we 
are entirely dependant on Turkey, 
India, and Persia. These could be 
made in England far superior to those 
imported, and their manufacture 
would give employment to many thou- 
sands of women and girls. ‘Ibis 
opinion is not a speculation, but is the 
result of several years’ practice. The 
employment could be advantageously 
connected with any establishments 
in which the inmates are females, 
and the whole could take parts. 
—-— 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HAVE taken the liberty of send- 
ing a list of the butterflies found 
about Epping; andI have beeninduced 
to do so, as I have found some rare 
species there. 
Papilio Antiopa, Camberwell beauty. 
Very rare. ; 
P. Polyclora, elm tortoise-shell. Rare. 
P. Urtica, common tortoise-shell. Very 
common. 
P. lo, peacock. Common. 
P. Atulunta, scarlet admirable. Common. 
} P.C. Album, coma. Rare. 
P. Cardui, painted lady. This was not 
uncommon in the year 1818, but has not 
been seen since. 
P. Adippe, violet silver-spot, fritillary. 
Rare. 
P. Paphia, 
Common. 
P. Euphrosyne, April. Common. 
P. Euphrasia, May. 
P. Janira,male 1 Meadow-brown. 
P. Jurtina,female § Very common. 
P. ZEgeria, wood-argus. Common. 
P. Hyperantus, ringlet. Common. 
P. Megera, wall-argus. Common. 
P.Tithones, great gate-keeper. Common. 
P. Pamphilus, small. Common. 
P. Galatea, marbled argus. Common. 
P. Brassica, large garden, white, Very 
common. 
P. Rapa, small ditto, 
P. Napi, green veined, 
P. Sinapis, wood ditto, Common. 
P. Cardamines, orange-lip. Common. 
P. Rhamzi, brimstone-yellow. Common. 
P. Argiolus, wood-blue, Rare. 
P. Icarus, common blue. Common. 
P. Machaon, common swallow-tail. Rare. 
P. Elecira, clouded yellow, Very rare. 
silver-streak,  fratillary. 
P.Tages, dingy skipper. Not uncommon. 
P. Thaumos, small skipper. Common. 
P. Sylvanus, large skipper. 
P. Idas, brown-blue. Not uncommon. 
P. Phicas, small copper. Common. 
P. Betula, brown hair-streak, Rare. 
P. Quercus, purple hair-streak. Rare. 
P. Rubi, green hair-streak. Rare. 
P, Malva, spotted skipper. Common. 
Epwarp DousLepay. 
Epping ; July 5, 1823. 
oe 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
S the Bahama islands are placed 
in a favourable situation for com- 
merce, and as the soil and climate of 
those islands are well adapted for the 
cultivation of cotton, tobacco, oranges, 
the vine, hemp, &c.; and as those 
islands contain many thousand acres 
of unemployed land; is it not sur- 
prising that some of the many thou- 
sands of persons who have emigrated 
from England should not have settled 
in these islands? Indeed the neglect 
of the Bahamas can only be accounted 
for on the supposition, that their 
almost peculiar advantages are un- 
known in this country. In this view 
I now address you, desiring you to 
have the kindness to insert the follow- 
ing queries in your next Number :— 
ist. What portions of the Balama 
islands remain ungranted, and what. are 
the conditions upon which land is usually 
granted. 
2d. What is the extent and population 
of the different islands, and what- is the 
nature of their local government ? 
3d. What rivers and harbours do they 
possess, to what extent are coffee, cotton, 
&c. now cultivated; and what is the value 
of their exports and imports? — 
4th. What is the rate of rent, wages, 
interest, and the expense of building, &c.? 
As many other articles, besides 
those already enumerated, might be 
cultivated in these islands, and import- 
ed into England, as they are not pro- 
duced in any of our colonies in sufli- 
cient abundance to supply the British © 
market, there seems an eligible oppor- 
tunity for the employment of some 
part of that immense capital which — 
remains unemployed in England, and . 
likewise for some thousands of our 
fellow countrymen, especially if pro- 
visions for our West Indian colonie: 
were produced in the Bahamas, m- — 
stead of recourse being had to the 
United States for a supply. R. 
July 1823. 
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