36 • on serpents. "July 10 



" But enough, it is presumed, has already been said to 

 demonstrate the propriety of attempting sucli an estab- 

 lifhment. — It only remains to inform the public, that se- 

 veral gentlemen, residing in Newcastle and its neigh- 

 bourhood, after maturely considering the above mentioned 

 circumstances, have at length determined to from them- 

 selves into a Literary and Philosophical Society. Seve- 

 ral preparatory meetings having been held, it was resol- 

 ved, on Thursday the 7th of February 1793, that the 

 following plan fhould be laid before the public, and that 

 the friends of literature and philosopy (hould be respectful- 

 ly solicited to contribute their afsistance to carry it into 

 execution. 

 Farther particulars of the plan will be given in our next. 



On Serpents. 

 Sir, To the Editor of the Bee. 



After long waiting, in expectation that some of your 

 readers would give an explanation of the phenemenon 

 I sent you an account of, which you thought proper to 

 insert in volume ninth, page fifth of your Bee, and not 

 having observed any thing of a similar nature taken no- 

 tics of, I begin to think that none of your correspondents 

 have ever observed any thing of the same kind. Your 

 curious account of the migration of eels somewhat resem- 

 bled it, but farther explanation is still wanted, otherwise 

 it will still remain unaccounted for. I fhall just mention 

 to you, a few things which may tend to confirm my for- 

 mer account still more. About two weeks after I wrote 

 to you, the same person that found the one I described, 

 observed two distinct companies, near the same place 

 where first found, moving in the same order, but not sq 



