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 INTELLIGENCE, 



AMD 



MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. 



LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY, DUBLIN. 



J. HE Royal Irlfli Academy have propofed to give i pre- 

 mium of one hundred pounds fterUng to the author of the 

 moft detailed and accurate mineralogical and geological de- 

 fcription of the county of Dublin, with fpecimens of the mi- 

 nerals found at an acceffible depth. 



The Academy alfo propofes that a gold medal ihall ba 

 given to the author of the beft elTay on the origin and pro- 

 grefs of rhyme. 



The Academy will alfo give a gold medal to the author 

 of the beft attempt to explain the Brehon laws of Ireland. 



EfTays on any of the fubjefts here propofed will be received 

 in either the Englifh, French, Italian, or Latin language (if 

 fent poft free) direfted to the fecretary, the Rev. Dr. Elring- 

 ton, at their houfe, 107, Grafton-ftreet, Dublin, any time 

 previous to the ift of November 180I : each eflay to be in- 

 fcribed with fome peculiar motto, and accompanied by a 

 fealed billet, fuperfcribed with the fame motto, in which 

 Ihall be written the author's name and addrefs. 



IMPERIAL ACADEMY OP TttE SEARCHERS INTO 

 NATURE AT ERLANGEN. 



In the fitting of the 0,^6 of January laft, the following nev/ 

 prize queftion was propofed : 



To determine, in a fatisfaftory manner, by experiments, 

 what mode of treatment, particularly in regard to tempera- 

 ture and the admiflion of free air, is the beft to be adopted 

 in the fmali-pox ia general; and alfo in the inoculated fmall- 



VoL.VII. A a • pox, 



