92 Experb)}c?7t on a Toad. 



lOlli, At twont)'' mimucs past ten, the left auricle, aric\ 

 more so the right, were cxeited to action, but not the heart : 

 they continued to act for some time on withdrawing the 

 Stimulus; but the action was much increased by applying it 

 from time to time. 



11th, One conductor being applied to the sinclavian 

 membrane, and the other to the anus, the action of the au- 

 ricles was much increased, and motion was, at the same 

 time, produced in the face. 



At forty minutes pa?t ten, action was excited in both 

 auricles, Ijut particularly the right. 



12th, A large quantity of black blood in the carotid artery. 



1 3th, The body was colder than in the case of Forster ; but 

 some deception may perhaps have arisen from the air being 

 nnich wanner. 



The temperature of the external air was about SS**, and 

 that of the room 62". 



EXPERIMENT ON A TOAD. 



On the 5th of November 1802, Mr. John Walker, of 

 Bassenthwaite Chapel, in the county of Cumberland, put a 

 toad into a bason, which he covered with a slate, and then 

 deposited it about a foot beneath the surface of the earth. 

 On the Sth of Januarv ISOl, the bason was carefully dug up, 

 when its inhabitant was found alive, but reduced in size by 

 its confinement. After the curiosity of the spectators was 

 gratified, the toad was again committed to the earth for a 

 further experiment. — Cumberland Packet. 



DEGREE OF THE MERIDIAN MEASURED IN INDIA. 



It is with pleasure we have to inform our readers of the 

 rapid progress geography is making in the East Indies. Bri- 

 gade major Lambton, who is employed by the presidency of 

 ^ladras to survey thcMysore country, has already measured 

 anarch on the meridian, 1° 34' 56" 43, which gives the de- 

 gree in lat. 1 2° 32', equal 60, 494 fathoms; and we have every 

 reason to believe the above measurement correct, knowing 

 that major Lapnbton hasbecn furnished with a six feet zenith, 

 sector, and measuring chains, by the late Mr. Ramsden, 

 and also a three-feet theodolite, by Mr. Cary, similar to that 

 now used by major IVIudge in the trigonometrical survey of 

 England. 



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