304 Scientific Intelligence. 
Many strangers of distinction came introduced to him, and 
his urbanity and hospitality rarely left him without guests at his 
board. During the latter part of his life, he seems to have been 
less interested in science. His journal had been so long suspend- 
ed, that is was considered as virtually relinquished ; his health 
was undermined by repeated attacks of illness, and science and 
society had to lament his sudden departure, when he had scaree- 
ly attained the meridian of life. : 
He died in his native place on the 22d of February, 1818, of 
an apoplexy, in the 41st year of his age. ' 
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Ant, XEX,. 1.-Dr. J. W. Wessrer’s Lectures. | 
Dr. J. W. Wensrer, some months since, commenced 4 course 
of Lectures in the town of Boston, on Geology and Mineralogy: 
Having finished his first course, he is now occupied witha secon 
on the same subjects, and we understand receives the patronage 
of some of the most respectable citizens of Boston and its vicin- 
ity. He makes Geology the ground-work of bis plan, and_fills 
up by describing the metals and minerals met with in each class 
of rocks, after the rock has been noticed. A pretty full account 
is given of the coal formations, (several of which Dr. '- haé, 
visited) and of the modes of searching and boring. A view Is 
given of the formations of Paris and the Isle of Wight, with spe- 
cimens from those districts. 
In the volcanic part, a description (from personal observation) 
is given of St. Michael’s. The structure of veins; the forming 
and destroying effects of water; the physiognomy of the dry 
land and submarine; the origin of Islands and coral reefs, <n 
view of the principal mountain’ ranges throughout the world 
conclude the course. 
