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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



[Oct. 



The. undersigned Minister, 

 cliai'ged Avith the publication of 

 this expression of his Majesty's 

 Avislies, does not doubt uf tlie tle- 

 sired and happy success ; because 

 as it has been accepted since tlie 

 1st of tills month by the clergy of 

 this city, of both Evangelic Con- 

 fessions, united in one Synod, witli 

 unanimous joy and g-rateful respect 

 for his Majesty's sentiments and 

 views therein expressed, it Avill 

 certainly be recei\ed in the same 

 manner by all the Evangelic 

 Clergy and congregations in the 

 kingdom. 



Minister of the Interior, 



VoN SCHUCKMANN. 



Bfirlin, Oct. 8, 1817. 



14. Dundee. — On Sunday last, 

 a shoal of Hshes of the kind called 

 Flnner, a species of small whale, 

 was observed in our ii\er. It w:is 

 seen again on Monday morning 

 by some ]?eople on the south coast, 

 and by them i'oUowcd in a fishing- 

 coble. About 8 o'clock it was 

 observed by many from our har- 

 bour. The boats drove the shoal 

 before them, towards the entrance 

 of the new harbour ; and after 

 tacking about there for a little 

 time, it bent its course aloiig the 

 new east wall, .^t this time the 

 chase ex'hibited a scene uni<pie 

 and beautiful. The sea monstcis, 

 in ninnber nearly 40, and in part 

 seen above water, ploughed their 

 way majestically along ; and about 

 '20 boats full of people, \\ith an- 

 xious and eager looks, followed 

 cl()?e after, keening them toge- 

 l!u-r, and driving ihcm towards 

 the shore. They were soon hem- 

 med into a corner. .\ vigorous 

 attack immediately connnenced 

 upon the whales. Here might be 

 seen a ttardy labourer, gr:>?ping- 



in his arms the tail of one mon- 

 ster, and cast about by its lashing, 

 but still clinging to his prey : 

 tliere, a lusty carpenter, after a 

 death-dealing blow, which sunk 

 his adze up to the shaft in the 

 hide of another, struggling man- 

 fully to extract it ; b\u fain at last 

 to escape with the loss of his wea- 

 jjon, from the lashing of the dread- 

 ful creatiu-e's tail : there, a boat, 

 borne away upon the shoulders of 

 a monster, was no uncommon 

 sight : and upon one occasion a 

 sailor lad, by way of securing his 

 right to the property of a fish 

 which he had laid ho'd of, mount- 

 ed ujion its back, held fast by the 

 fins, and was borne along in sin- 

 gular style, calling out as he 

 went, " 1 have got this chap; I^ 

 have him fast." E^ery fish was 

 killed. Their length was from 

 l'-2 to 21 feet; and they would 

 produce from 1 to 5 cwt. of oil. 



Thursday the 16"lh inst. died at 

 Bow-wood, the seat of the Mar- 

 quis of Lansdown, Mr. Broad, 

 for neaily forty years steward in 

 the Marquis's family : being out 

 in the park on the jjreceding day 

 with a party of ladies and gentle- 

 men, he found a dead adder, which 

 he took up in his hand, and 

 opened the mouth to sliow where 

 the poison of the creature lay; in 

 doing thi«, however, the subtle 

 matter was conmiunicatcd to a cut 

 in one of his fingers. On the next 

 morning, Mr. B. was foinul dead 

 in his bed, with every mark of his 

 having died from the effects of 

 the poison, the arm being much 

 infianied. 



17. Augsburg. — There has been 

 published here a new rectification, 

 that aj)|)ears official, of the ru- 

 i:;oui'2 l€l;iUve to the misunder- 



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