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would not permit him to accompany Mr. Salt. The public 
will be exceedingly gratified by much valuable information, 
collected by his lordship during this long, Jaborious, and 
laudable research. A young Abyssinian prince is in his 
‘lordship’s suite, who is a near relation of Negade Ra Maho- 
met, one of the principal officers of state, so often men- 
tioned by that celebrated traveller the Abyssinian Bruce, as 
being his friend. This young prince appears possessed of 
great natural endowments, and anxious to become acquainted 
with the manners and customs of Great Britain. ‘ 
We are happy once more to contradict the report of the 
death of Mungo Park, who was said to have fallen a victim 
in the interior of Africa. Accounts were received of him 
, about the middle of the present month, which stated his 
arrival at Tombuctoo, and that he is now on his return. It 
is to be feared that he will encounter great difficulties in his 
journey, as he has to tow his boat all the way back against 
the stream. The journal that is sent to Europe is dated 
from Sansapang. 
DESTRUCTION OF VERMIN. 
The following methods are practised in Germany for free- 
ing granaries from mites or weevils: 
1. Cover completely the walls and rafters, above and below, 
of the granaries which are infested by weevils, with quick- 
Jime slaked in water in ‘which trefoil, wormwood, and hys- 
sop have been boiled. This composition ought to ‘be ap- 
plied as hot as possible. 
2. A very sagacious farmer has succeeded in destroying 
weevils by a very easy process. In the month of June, 
_ when his granaries were all empty, he collected great quan- 
tities of the largest-sized ants in sacks, and then scattered 
them about the places infested with the weevils. The ants 
immediately fell upon and devoured every one of them; 
nor have any weevils since that time been seen ou his pre- 
mises. 
3. Another method, not less efficactous, but which -re- 
quires a great deal of care and attention in the application 
of it, is the following :—Place in your granaries a number 
of 
