3S^ Natural HiJIorj: 



fully. Nothing has been done on this fub'c^ fince the 

 new fyftem of chenjltry has been generally adopted. 



a. A Memoir on the interefting and fundamental Part of 

 Chemical Science, the prec ife Quanti lies of Menilma and 

 Bafes contained in the double Salts with alkaline, earthy, 

 and metallic Bafes : when.e n^ay be deduced the precife 

 Forces of the Affinities of Bodies. 



3. A work on Geology; which will be made not only to 

 accord with the Mofaic Do:lrine, but to contirni it greatly. 



Of this philofopher permit us to indulge in the wifti — 



&C16 in ccfcium redtat. 

 NATURAL HISTORY. 



The following inftance of the fagacity of the elephant, 

 which is taken from a late French Journal, mav ferve as an 

 additional confirmation of what has been fo ofien repeated 

 by various authors both ancient and modern : — • 



" A fentind belonging to the menagerie at Paris, anxious 

 to difcharge his duty, was extremely careful, every time he 

 mounted guard near the elephants, to defire the fpetlators 

 not to give them any thing to eat. This condu£t was not 

 much calculated to procure him any friend (hip from the ele- 

 phants. The female, in particular, beheld him with a very 

 nnfavourable eye, and had feveral times endeavoured to cor- 

 real his unwelcome interference by bcfprinkling his head 

 ulth water from her trunk. One day, when a great num- 

 ber of people were collefied to view thcfe animals, the op- 

 portunity feemed convenient for receiving, unperceivcd, a 

 fmall bit of bread; but the rigorous fentincl was on duty. 

 The female, however, placed herfclf before him, watched 

 all his geiturcs, and, the moment he opened his mouth to 

 give his ufual admonition to the company, difcharged in his 

 face a large ftreaiti of water. A general laugh £nfued ; but 

 the fentinel having calmly wiped his face, Hood a little to 

 eac fide, and continued as vigilant as before. Soon after 



" he 



