List of Patents. — VraveJs in Africa. 2S7 



Anatomical Demonstrations and Practical Anatomy, by 

 Mr. Lawrence. 



The Anatomical Lectures will begin on Tnc^Jay, October 

 the first, at two o'clock, and the other Lectures on the suc- 

 ceeding days of the same week. 



Further particulars may be learned by applying to Mr. 

 Nicholson, at the Apothecary's Shop, St. Barlholonievv's 

 Hospital. 



LIST OF PATENTS FOR NEW INVENTIONS. 



Malcolm Cowan, of Gloucester-place, Portman-square, 

 in the county of Middlesex, coniniander in the royal navy; 

 for improvements in the construction of sails for ships and 

 vessels of all descriptions. 



Robert Barber, of Billborough, in the county of Notting- 

 ham, gentleman; for new and improved modes of making 

 and shaping stockines and pieces, and alio some new and 

 improved kinds of stocking-stitch and warp-work. 



Thomas James Plucknett, of Butt-lane, Deptlord, in the 

 county of Kent, gentleman ; lor a method of mowing corn, 

 grass, and other things-, by means of a machine moving 

 on wheels, which may be worked either by men or horses- 

 William Collins, lieutenant in the royal navy ; for a 

 ventilator, upon a new or improved construction, for the pur- 

 pose of ventilating tents and marquees of every description. 



TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 



Bv letters received, we learn that the celebrated traveller 

 Mungo Parke, with his companions Messrs. Anderson and 

 Scott, who sailed from Portsmouth in the Crescent trans- 

 port, about six months ago, havins touched at the islands 

 of St. Jago and Goree, arrived at Kayay, on the river Gam- 

 bia, on the 14th of April, whence they were to proceed in 

 a few days into the interior of Africa, to effect the business 

 on which they were dispatched, and which we believe to be 

 of a very important and extensive nature. The heat was at 

 that time so excessive, that the thermometer was constantly 

 at 100 degrees and upwards in the shade, and for two or 

 three hours after sunset continued at from 82 to 92 de- 

 grees. We are happy, however, to hear that notwith- 

 standing this excess of heat the whole party had enjoyed 

 perfect health : tliey had only lost one of the fifty men they 

 had received f^o^l the African corps at Goree, though 

 they had been above fourteen days in the river; and this 

 man had been unwell before they left the island. 



Mr. Seetzen, another traveller, arrived on the 4th of 

 March at /leppo; but intended in fourteen days to set 

 out for Danu^cus, whence he was to proceed through 

 Egypt to the iulcrior parts of Africa. 



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