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flons, and he often carries the number to 2o. The triangles 

 which Caffini alVumetl in the nciH;hbourhoocl of Munich are 

 badly chofen, and the meafuremeiit of them is very incor- 

 re(^l. Without employing his triangles, Henry has already 

 difpofed a feries of t^ triangles, the meafure of which will 

 give us that of an arc of the meridian of fomewhat more than 

 a degree : he hopes that it will Hill be poffible to prolong this 

 arc, which will pafs at a little di (lance from Ingolditadt, and 

 "^'hich will afcertain the pofitluns of a part of Germany. The' 

 travels of baron Von Zach and fevcral of hrs co-operators 

 have alio fnpplied ns with new information and new pofi- 

 lions, which will improve the ceographv of Gcrn)any. Co- 

 lonel le C'ocq continues his map of WeftphaHa. 



Baron Vou Endc, member of the fupreme council of ap- 

 peal at Cette, has publllhcd a volume on the determination) 

 Ol feveral places in Lower Saxony : it is filled with obferva- 

 tions and calculations. 



The geography of dillant conritrics has aiTiUiicd alfo a nev/ 

 a£livky. Captain Baudin, whole voyajre of dilcovcrv I before 

 announced, left the Canaries on the 24th of November, and 

 the Ifle of France on the 22d of March. We have reafon to 

 hope that he has already made intercding difcoveries in New 

 Holland; the only country of the earth which is almofi un- 

 known to us, though it is 2000 leagues in circumference, 

 ijernicr, the altronomer who accompanies him on the expe- 

 dition, a man of intelligence and courage, leaves nothing to 

 be wiflicd for on thai head. In the month of .June the 

 French government granted palVports to the Fngliih vclTels, 

 the Invcltigator, captain Flinders, on the point of proceed- 

 ing on a voy'age of difcoverv to the South Seas, and to th.e 

 Lady Xelfon^ commanded by lieutenant Grant, who is to 

 accon>pany the Inveftigator, in exploring the coalis of New 

 Wales. , . •■ »- 



C. Dcguignes jun., arrived from China, where he refided 

 from 1784 to 1797, will, in all probability, when he pub- 

 liHies the journal of his voyajre, give us fome information 

 refpefting that beautiful part ol the world. 



Baron flumboldt, an enlightened and intrepid philofonher, 

 has gone to South America, where he has travelled 1300 

 leagues in the deferts, with great labour and amidll terrible 

 danwrs, to make us acquainted with the geogr.sphy and 21a- 

 luraThillory of tlx^fc countries which are (till new to us. 



M. Deferrer has fent me obfervations which give the pofi- 

 tionof Natchetz in Louiliana, and of Guaira in South Ame- 

 rica; for the former, lat. 31^ 33' 48", diirerencc of mcridi ui 

 fih 15' ai'/j and for the laitcr 10' 36'4o'' N. and 4'' 37' j i''. 



C. Nouct 



