91- f'acci/iafioij. — Curern in Italy. 



inniibcr cif inhibitanis, square niilus, 8cc. Sec; gramritaf 

 in various languages, about diftcrcnt editions of thfe same 

 work ; pandects, their division, and title of each book, title, 

 &c. ; difTereiit systems of botany, poctrv, arithmetic, &c. 

 &c. At last one desired the cortipany to give him one 

 thousand words, without any connection whatsoever, and 

 witiinut numeric order ; for instance, ihc. \\oxi\ astrontimcn-, 

 for No. Q-2', wood, for No. 188; lavdij, for No. 370; 

 dyiw<tif, for No. 23 ; David, t\)r No. 90, &c. &e. till 

 all the numbers were filled; and he repeated the whole (not- 

 withstanding he heard these words, without order, and but 

 once,) in the numerical order ; or he told you what word was 

 given against any one number, or what number any one 

 word bore. Ti is still more striking, but certainly, likewise, 

 more difficult, to retrtin as many numbers however great they 

 may be* For words and numbers I could venture myself, with 

 the greatest safetv, as far as one hundred of each ; and I am 

 sure, after having fixed them once, w hich is done in less 

 than ten minutes, I could repeat them to you at any period, 

 without ever thinking any more of then). 

 "• yi. Fcinaigie Is about to visit Fngland. 

 " I am, &c. 



" Leopold Fichtel." 



vaccination". 

 The instructions drawn up by tlie Vaccine Society oF 

 Denmark have been translated into the Icelandic language 

 bv JM. Thorarsen. It is to he hoped that bv this means the 

 effects of the sniali-pox will be alleviated, which often made 

 dreadful ravages in that country. The copies of the work 

 Jiave been distributed in Iceland, with appropriate engravings 

 annexed. 



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Tiiere has been discovered at Moriicfiascoue, in Italy, itl 

 a field adjoining the high road, a small cavern cut in the 

 rock. The proprietor of the ground, having descended into 

 it, found two dead bodies stretched upon a table of stone, 

 apparently in good preservation, but which crumbled into 

 dust as soon as ihey were touched : upon another table were 



placed 



