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and obey his orders, whatever may be his age. They are 

 a pastoral people; they purchase every year in Transylva-- 

 nin and Moldavia, flocks of sheep which they fatten in the " 

 summer, and sell them afterward in the market' of Han- 

 nasalva, or in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia. Many of 

 theoi are waggoners, and transport wine and leather to Po- 

 land, Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The Scotacks never 

 make war against the other tribes, on which account they 

 have preserved their dialect free from the mixture of for- 

 eign idioms.~i?et\ En. Feb. 1822. 



33. GenevfL. — A young lady born blind, but distinguish- 

 ed by her talents and amiable disposition, imagined that if 

 some mechanic would invent a printing press adapted to 

 ihp use of the blind, she could communicate her thoughts 

 by that means to ht;r distant friends. She imparted this 

 idea to Francis Huber, the celebrated writer oo Bees, who 

 as It is well known, is also blind. Immediately by the 

 help of his domestic, Claude Lechet, a man endowed with 

 uncommon mechanical talents, Ijuber invented and con- 

 structed a press, w^hich he sent to the young lady, with an 

 assortment o{ types. After a \evy short apprenticeship, 

 Sue was able to enjoy in perfection this precious method 

 ^f conjinunicating her thoughts. We have seen a letter of. 

 tbirty-ihree lines addressed to her benefactor, composed 

 ^^d printed by herself, with common ink, without any fault 

 ^^ typographical irregularity. — Idenu 



24. The German Language appears to be making rapid 

 P'^ogress in Italy, and especially in Lombardy* Gratui- 

 tous professorships are every where erected. At the Ly- 

 ceum of Milan, more than 200 pupils frequent the German 

 ^^^se, and nearly 300 learn the language in other school?. 

 The number of persons who are enabled to read the best 

 German works, amounts, it is said, in that city, to 5000. 



. 25. Tfoffie.— The celebrated Abbe Mar, has discovered, 

 ■t is said, some classic manuscripts which he thinks will 

 Probably prove as interesting as the treatise of Cicero De 

 ^^puhiica. He hopes soon to publish a part of them. 



