a 85 On the IVeavll in Sea Bread. — AntiquUles , &fc. 



veflel newly tinned in the infide (an elTenlial circumflance), 

 and having poured a certain quantity of olive oil into it, he 

 made it boil over a fmail fiie, fufficicnt to keep it gently agi- 

 tated ; and To for three times in twenty-four hours. With 

 this the oil Ftfolved ilfelf to the confiftency of an ointment, 

 and, by conftantlv rubbing the part affe6lcd, he cured her in 

 fourteen days. — Nothing elfe was done. 



The phvficians fuppoi'ed that the oil received its virtue from 

 the tin, and that it was communicated by its long boiling 

 over the fire." 



ON THE WEAVIL IN SEA BREAD. 



The fatal effefts of the weavil in fca bread have long been 

 feverely felt by feamen employed on long voyages : rewards 

 have been humanely offered by the Icgiflalure for a cure or pre • 

 Tentative,but hitherto without fuccefs. The following fa<5l was 

 difcovcred by accident, and is now oBercd to the public as a 

 hint worthy the attention of thofe who may be employed in 

 fupplying (liips with provifions, or to captains and the owners 

 ofvcffels, and may, in all probability, k-fl'en, if not wholly 

 remove, an inconvenience fo injurious to our invaluable na- 

 vigation : — A bag belonging to a powder-mill fell into a 

 cauldron of liquid nitre ; it was immediately taken out, 

 plunged into cold water, and hung up to dry : feveral days 

 after this circumttance the bag was tilled with fca-bifcuit 

 and fent on board a We(l Indianian, where it was {lowed 

 away amongft the captain's llock. The vefTel was nine 

 months out of England before fhe proceeded on her paflage 

 home, when flie got becalmed, and remained fo long in that 

 fituation, that her crew were forced to be put on half allow- 

 ance, more particularly fo, as their bread was much deftroyed 

 by the weavils, and was hourly confuming. The captain at 

 this time wifliing to make ufe of the bag above mentioned, 

 which had not been opened fince the fljip left England, or- 

 dered it to be examined, when, greatly to his furprife, the 

 whole contents were found to be perfeftly found, without 

 any appearance of having been injured by any infeft what- 

 ever; a circumltance fqlely to be attributed to the quality of 

 the bag. 



ANTIQUITIES, &C. 



A number of rare nianufcripts and other valuable articles 

 have bv-en brought to this country by Mr. Cripps, of Suffcx, 

 and the Rev. iC'Ir. Clarke, which we undcrfland are princi- 

 pally intended to enrich the library of Jefus college, Cam- 

 Dridge. The whole colle6lioii made by thefc gentlemen, il- 



luiUating 



