no 



nexion with the male, for the most part, is 

 attended with no result. In the same 

 animals the functions of generation appear 

 to be developed later than in others. Dogs 

 deprived of the spleen shew a great tendency 

 to run, and are imwearied in the chace.* 

 M. Schultze has observed, that the blood of 

 the splenic veins coagulates as readily as 

 that l{ the other veins ; tliis property of 



Varielies. [5vvY, 



coagulating appears diminished only when 

 the stomach is gorged with water immedi- 

 ately before the operation. 



New Table of Exclmnge Tlie follow- 

 ing corrected Table of Exchange, for the 

 settlement of the sea-customs and invoiced 

 goods, dated November 18, 1828, is to take 

 effect at Bombay from and after January 1, 

 1829, VIZ. :_ 



"^ 



Country. 



Currency. 



Value in 

 Bombay 

 Rupees. 



Great Britain and Colonies 



France and ditto... 



Spain and ditto .. . 



Portugal and ditto. . , 



Netherlands 



Hamburg 



Denmark and Colonies 



Sweden 



Russia 



Italy ^ . . . 



United States of North America . . . 

 Independent States cf South Ameilca. 



Bengal 



Madras 



Turkey (Bassora) 



Persia (Buchire) -! 



IVIuscat 



Mocha 



Sterling, i'l 



French Francs 24 



Dollar. Doll. 100 



Mibea. Miheas 10 



Florin. Florins 8 



Ducat. Dues. 100 ,. . 



JMarc. Marcs 16 



Rigsbank DoUar. DoU. 100 

 Rix-dollar (Specie). Doll. 10 



Silver Ruble. Rubl. 100 



Sequin. Seq. 100 



Dollar. DoU. 100 



Dollar. Doll. 100 



Sicca Rupee. Rup. 100 .... 

 Madras Rupee. Rup. 100 .. 



Eyne Piastre. Piast. 13.3 



Persian Rupee. Rup. 123... 

 Krosai Dinai. Din. 104 .... 



JIamoode. ISIam. 35 



DoUar. Doll. 100 



10 Rupees, 



10 — 



225 —. 



26 — 



7 — 



486 — 



10 — 



118 — 



24 — 



168 — 



494 — 



225 — 



225 _ 



106i — 



100 — 



100 _ 



100 — 



100 _ 



10 — 



217 — 



Dimensions of the Capital of the United 

 States, and its Grounds. — The ground 

 within the iron railing 22*5 acres. Length 

 of foot-walk outside of railing 0*75 of a 

 mile, and 185 feet. The building is as 

 follows : — Length of front 352 feet 4 inches. 

 Depth of wings 121 feet 6 inches. East 

 projection and steps 65 feet. AVest ditto 

 83 feet. Covering 1-5 acres and 1,820 feet. 

 Height of wings to top of balustrade 70 feet. 

 Height to top of centre dome 145 feet. 

 Representatives' room, greatest length, 



95 feet. Ditto, height, 60 feet. Senate 

 Chamber, greatest length, 74 feet. Ditto, 

 height, 42 feet. Great central rotunda 



96 feet in diameter, and 96 feet high. 

 The north wing was commenced in 1792, 

 and finisiicd in 1800. Cost 480262-57. 

 dollars. South wing commenced in 1803, 

 and finished 1808. Cost 308808-41 dollars. 

 Centre building commenced in 1818, and 

 finished in 182?. Cost 951647-35 dollars. 

 Total 1746718-36 dollars, or, i little more 

 than £303,000 sterling. 



Human Monster. — There has been 



• We rather suspect tliat the autlior would not 

 have oliservod this peculiarity if he had not been 

 prejudiceil with the vulgar idea, that the dogs 

 who have been deprived of tiie spleen run well. 

 To the above account we ni.iy add, that the late 

 Sir Dusick Hanvood, of Cambridge, having ex- 

 cised the spleen of a dog, remarked tliat tbc 

 animal became imn.odenitely fat. Unfortunately, 

 however, it was lost before any fuitlier observa- 

 tions could b« made lespecting it. 



presented to the Academy of Sciences of 

 Paris, by JI. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, a draw- 

 ing of a monster which was living at 

 Turin in the early part of last March. 

 This individual is a girl with two hcKds ; 

 the lower extremities only are common to 

 the two individuals; the rest is divided, 

 and presents the conformation becoming the 

 natural state. Tlie priest seeing in this 

 creature two separate individuals, b;iptif,cd 

 them separately : one received the name of 

 Ritta, the other was called Christina. 

 Ritta seems to be in bad health. They 

 were bom at Siissari, in Sardinia, at the 

 commencement of jMarch, 1829. Their 

 common height is that of an infant bom 

 at its proper time. It is not unexam))led 

 to see similar monsters reach an advanced, 

 or in some degree, an advanced age. During 

 the reign of James III. of Scotland, and at 

 his court, there lived a man double above 

 the umbilicus, single below that region. 

 The king caused him to be carefully 

 brought up. He rapidly acquired a know- 

 ledge of music. The two heads learned 

 several languages ; they debated together, 

 and the tvo upper halves occasionally 

 fought. They lived generally in perfect 

 harmony. AVhen the lower part of tl;e 

 holy was ti^lcled, or pricked, the two indi- 

 viduals felt it together. AVlien, on the 

 other hand, one of the upper individuals 

 was touched, lie alone felt the effect. This 



