CONTENTS. 



CHARACTERS. 



An Account of the Life and Vn-ilirigs of Father Boscovich . 7-13 



Brief Memoirs if the late Earl Houy . ■ • 7^1 



Account of the Life and Writings of the late Dr. Beattie . 7ti^ 



Description of the Per!<07is, Dress, 'Cnt:laiiis, and Manners of the Inhabitants 



of the Island of Celebes^ n'ith other Particulars . • 77^ 



Manners, Customs, and Character of the Natives of Brnsih (From the 



same.) . . . . • 7*^0 



Some Account of the late Thomas Percival, of Manchester, M. D. F. R. S. 



by Doctor Magee, of T.C.Dublin . . . 79-i 



Brief Memoirs "of Robert Blair, Author of the celebrated Poem of the 



Grave, 111 Dr. Anderson . . • • 801 



Some Account of William P-^arce, and of his remarhahle and praise-wort hij 



Industry: in a Letter to the Secret ari/ of the Society for the Encourage- 



nient of the Arts and Manufactures . . . 809 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



Account of the Gad-Fly, from variotis Authors <. * 813 



Natural History of the Spider. By Dr. Shaiv . . 820 



Description of the Pausus. By Dr. Adiim Afzelius . 824 



Account of some Expaiments on the Descent of the Sap in Trees. In a 

 Letter from Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph 

 Banks, Bart. . . ... 826 



Obser rations on the Striicture of the Tongue ; illustrated by Cases in which 



a Portion of that Organ has been removed by Ligature. By Everard 



Home, Esq. F. R. S. . • • • 833 



Account of t/ie Genus Aphis, or Plant-Louse . . 83/ 



USEFUL PROJECTS. 



List of Patents for new Inventions, 3^c. granted in the year 1 805 847 



Account of the double Boats built by the Direction of Sir Sydney Smith t 

 the Nature and Properties of this Species of Vessels, Method of building 

 larger of the Kind, with sufficient Strength, and of those of similar Con- 

 struction formerly built. By Mr. J. W. Boswell . 855 

 On the cleaning of Engravings with oxygenated muriatic Acid. By M. J. 

 L. Board. From the Bibliotheque Physico-Economique ' • 85.9 

 Methodof removing Spots of Grease . • • 861 

 Account of Submarine Mines in Cornwall, by Mr. Hawkins . ib. 

 Observations on the Dry Rot in Timber, and Means of curing or prevent- 

 ing it. From the Transactions of the Society for the Encouragement of 

 Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce . . • 86"4 

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