J^^admv of Berlin. SS; 



pofitions ; to wifli, ju one place, for tnpre of fcienqe ; in an- 

 other, for more of erudition ; in a third, for greater accuracy 

 of local knowledge. But it is written with fuch patience 

 and accuracy of inveftigation, and in fuch a fpirit of candour; 

 it elucidates fo remarkably the pages of a favourite author ; 

 it connetls Grecian learning fo advantageoudy with the re- 

 fearches of modern travellers ; and it makes fo many mter- 

 efting additions to the tads of geographical fcience, that we 

 cannot doubt but the public mull receive it as an important 

 addition to this branch of literature : and we ofler our beft 

 thanks to the author for having thus far executed fo labo- 

 rious and ufeful a taflc. 



INTELLIGENCE, 



AND 



MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. 



LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



ACADEMY OF BERLIN. 



X H E Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin has propofed 

 the follosvino; prize queftions for 1800, 1801, and 1802. ^ 



The Mathematical Clafs has continued for the ye^r 1803, 

 with a double prize, the-following queltion : 



■ « Since, notwithllanding the labours of the ableft aftro- 

 nomers, there ftill remain feveral points refpeaing the va- 

 riation of the obliquity of the ecliptic to be cleared up, the 

 Academy invites the learned to occupy themfelves again on 

 this important objea, and will adjudge aprizetothat memoir 

 which Ihall contain the moft intereiling refcarchcs and the 

 beft illuftrations refpeaing this important point." 



Tlie Clafs of Si)eculative Philofophy propofed the follow- 

 in<T (jucftion for tlie year 1799 : 



^' The important quclHon of ths origin of o.ur knowledge, 

 M m 3 agitat^ed 



