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It will afford a subject of curious disquisition to the En- 
sglith reader, to trace the history of this northern nation 
which has been sunk in utter oblivion for so many ages 5 
and I congratulate the.public on the near prospect of their 
j being enabled to do this ina satisfactory manner. Dr 
“Thorkelin, a native of Iceland, profefsor of antiquities in 
the university of Copenhagen, a gentleman well knowa 
in Britain for several ingenious publications in the En- 
oglith language, who atcompanied Mr Dempster in-his tour 
‘through the Hebrides, in the year 1786, has been comman- 
ded, as I am afsured from undoubted authority, by the 
_priace of Denmark, to publifh an account of his travels in 
Scotland. In this work he will have an opportunity of 
_‘xeviving the-memory ofthe mutual intercourse that subsis- 
‘ted between this country and Iceland, in formertimes, and 
of illustrating the history of these northern people, by ma- 
ny facts that are very little known. I {hall not fail to an- 
nounce this interesting work ‘to the public, as soon as it 
-appears. : 
A character of the prince of Denmark by another cor- 
respondent from Copenhagen, will be given in our next. 
TO «CORRESPONDENTS. 
T wx favour of 4. N. is received. No subjectcan be more generally in- 
teresting than chemical inquiries when. conducted with propriety ;—wit+ 
-nefs Watson’s efsays; but long systematic treatises would not be so gene- 
rally relifhed. A course of chemical observations tending to perfect arts 
and manufactures, would be one of the most useful as well as entertaining 
-performances that could be given. Should this ingenious correspondent 
direct his views to these points, his disquisitions will be highly acceptable., 
Perhaps; medical, and pharmaceutical remarks ought to. be paringly in- 
troduced, as this work is calculated for general, not particularly for medi- 
-cal readers. 
The remarks of preceptor are well founded, but they are too long. If 
this genUeman were to try to cut out every thought, and every word that 
could be spared, he would make a much more interesting paper. This is 
recommended to him as an exercise which he will find redound to his owa 
profit. 
The Editor regrets that the verses by 77.8. are too defective for puby 
slication.. <A constant reader js received, 
Farther acknowledgements deferred till our-next. 
