CONTENTS. 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
Observations on the Structure of the Eyes of Birds, by Mr. Pierce Smith, 
Student of Physic ; from the Philosophical Transactions Mi #5Q 
Observations om the Influence which incites the Muscles of Animals to 
contract, in Mr. Galvani’s Experiments, by W.C. Wells, M. D. F.R.S. 
from the same - « aR ‘ : *61 
Observations on the Maritime Alps; from Beaumont’s Travels through 
them . : = é ; : ; tO" 
Account of the Buffalo of America, by Mr. Turner ; from Letters and Pa- 
pers on Agriculture, selected from the Correspondence of the Bath and 
West of England Society, Vol. VII. 5 et *74 
Account of the River Tigris ; from Ouseley’s Persian Miscellanies *75 
Observations on Spontaneous Inflammation ; with a particular Account of 
that which happened on board a Russian Frigate in the Ycar 1781; ‘and of 
the Experiments made in order to ascertain the Cause of it. Ina Letter 
to the Editors, fromthe Rev. William Tooke, I’. R. S. Member of the 
Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburgh, Sc. from the Reper- 
tory of Arts and Manufactures Skis : ‘ iS 
Account of the Lynx of Abruzzo; from De Salis’s Travels through various 
Provinces in the Kingdom of Naples, in'1789 : ; *83 
USEFUL PROJECTS. 
On the Use of Sea Water in Agriculture ; JSrom the Eari of Dundonald’s 
Treatise on Agriculture and Chemistry Q ‘ =85 
Account of the Mode of making Parmesan Cheese, by Mr. Pryte ; from 
Letters and Papers on Agriculture . ° *86 
‘aluable new Discovery for the Preservation of Corn; from the Paris 
Moniteur :—by Antoine Gouan, National Professor of Botany in the 
School of Health at Montpelier ; Addressed to the National Convention *87 
Discovery in Distillation from Potatoes, which will no doubt increase the 
Cultivation of that Valuable Article of Life : 2 #88 
Observations on the grafting of Trecs. Ina Letter from Thomas Andrew 
Knight, Esq. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. from the Philosophical Trans- 
actions > 5 : : ° *89 
On the Dry-Rot in Timber ; in a Letter from Robert Batson, Esq. of 
Lime-House, to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufac- 
tures, and Commerce ; from whose Transactions it is extracted *92 
Composition of a Water which has the Property of Destroying Catapillars, 
Ants, and other Insects ;-invented by C. Tatin, at Paris; from the 
Annals de Chimie ; : : : *93 
Specification of the Patent granted to Mr. John Tucker, of Wickham, in 
the County of Southampton, Tanner ; for his Method of Tanning, and 
making Leather of a superior Quality, and ina much shorter Period of 
Time, than hath hitherto been done. Dated May 12, 1795 *O4 
Rice Bread.—by Arthur Young, Esq. from Annals of Agriculture *95 
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