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sulphate of soda, of lime and magnesia, sub. sulphate of 
alumine, hydro-chlorate of potash and of soda, much oxide 
of alluminum, of calcium, of silicium, and of magnesium, 
much tritoxide of iron and of antimony,and a little gold and 
silver. The writer thinks that this result strengthens the 
hypothesis, which ascribes volcanic fire and explosion to 
the infiltration of sea water to masses of potassium, sodium, 
and other metallic bases. 
16. The Mean Temperature of the climate at Salem Mass. 
and at Rome in Italy, nearly in the same latitude, was 
for the 33 years, ending in 1818 as follows 
Se oF ge 
Rome, - - 41° 53! _ 60° 44 Far. 
Salem, - - 427 33" 48° 68’ 
Diff. 11° 76’ 
17. Skeletons of the Mammoth and Elephant have been re~- 
cently discovered in the district of Hontes in Hungary. i 
8. Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres at Paris.— 
A hae féte, the first of this kind in France, was celebra- 
ted on the first of April last, at the termination of the gen- 
eral session of the Institute. The members of this Acade- 
my united at a banquet around their venerable perpetual 
secretary M. Dacier, the Nestor of letters and of French 
erudition, to celebrate at the same time, his 50th Academ- 
ic year, the 42d of his perpetual secretaryship, the 80th of 
his age, and his happy convalescence after a serious indis- 
position, which had much alarmed his numerous friends. 
-his union was a true family feast, each of its members of- 
fering the homage of his affectionate wishes to the worthy 
chief who for half a century has been charged with the in- 
terests of literature, and who has conducted the concerns of 
the Academy with as much honor to that nears as advantage 
to letters and solid studies, 
19. City of Odessa.—This city which in 1792 consisted 
of only a few hovels, now contains ge 000 inhabitants, Rus- 
