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t)1)jc(.9:3 of great importance for the public profperitv : the 

 introduction into France of a new kind of domeliic animal; 

 aiul the means of making fugar from indigenous plants. 



The buffalo, originally a native of the warm and marfliy 

 conntrit'S of Alia and Africa, was introduced into Italy about 

 the fourth century. Though fmaller than the o:<, it is more 

 vigorous; the uiilk of the female is more abundant than that 

 of the cow, and yields moie butter and chcef'e. Every part 

 of its body may be employed in the arts or for tlie nurpofes 

 of life; and it poOefTes this advantage, that it can live in 

 bogs, and feed on aquatic plants, which oxen and horfes re- 

 fiife. Its iutroduAion, therefore, into France, will enable 

 the farmers to turn to advantage a great number of marilies, 

 •which tit prefcnt are entirely ufelefs for want of animals ca- 

 pable of living in them. The poflenion of this animal is one 

 of tlie benclits tor which France is indebted to its firft con- 

 -fjueft of Italv. A part of the bufTalocs brought to France 

 has been killed by the peafants, and another was nci/lefted 

 by thofe to whom they were intrufted; but the remainder 

 are in good condition, and in full increafe, at the rural etta- 

 blidim'^nt of Kambouillet, where they have been examined 

 bv Teflier, JIuz/ard, and Buniva. 



The art of extracting fugar troni European plants is a fo- 

 reign difcovery. M. Achard, of the Academy of Berlin, 

 fecuH to have carried it very near to perfection. The Na- 

 ticnial Inftitute is anxious to aiccrtain the reality of it, and 

 De\ eux is about to comnmnicate the relults which have beea. 

 obtained by the French cheniiits. 



FULMIXATING SILVER. 



Mr. Howard has iull difcovered a new fuIiiiiiiatin<T (ilver. 

 •We undcrftaud the proccfs for preparing it is very fimilar 

 to that followed in preparing his fulminating mercury; but 

 the lilver, it is thought, dctonales with greater force. 



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