fi CONTENTS.. 



Some curious Circumjlances rtfbe&ing the two Elephants re- 

 moved to Paris from the Hague - ■ page 83 



Some Particulars refpetting the Embaffy of the Dutch Eajt 

 India Company to tbe Court of It km, in 1794 and I 795* 

 extratkd jrom M. Van Bra am 's Journal - - 85 



Chemical Experiments to render Paper and the Writings there- 

 on indejlrudible by Fire. By M. JJRUGNATEI.LI 89, 173 



Report oj D. Dominic Garcia Fernandez on a new Hood, called 

 Paraguatan, proper for Dyeing - - 93 



Defcription of the Mechardjin of a reflecting Telefcope twenty- 

 Jix Feet in Length, conft rutted near Kiel in kiofiein. By 

 Profeiibr Schrader - - „ - 113 



Defcription of the Javane/i Swallow which cqnflruEls, eatable 

 JSeJls; with an Account of the Manner in which the Nefis 

 are collected - - - 1 1 8 



The Procejs followed at AJhacan to give to Cotton Yarn a 

 Blue, Yellow, or Green Dye. By Profeflbr PALtAS 126 



Obfcrvatiom on a Junction of the Red Sea to the Mediterra* 

 nean - - - - - 128 



Obfcrvatiom on the Organs of Vifon in Bats. By M. Spal- 



LANZANI - - I34 



Experiments on Bats deprived of Sight by M. DE JURINE 136 



An Account of the " New Method of performing and facili- 

 tating the Bvjinefs of divers manufacturing and economical 



. Proccjfes," for which a Patent, dated 24th June 1 795; was 

 granted to Samuel Bentham, Efq. _ 148 



Method to dejlroy or drive away Earth-worms and various 

 other Infects hurtful to Fields and Gardens. By M. So- 

 COLOFF _____ ifig 



On the Revivification offome Kinds of Infects hilled in Spirit 

 of Wine. By M. So coloff - - - 171 



On Tefl Liquors for delecting Acids and Alkalis in Chemical 

 Mixtures. By Mr. Wax!- 1 - - - 180 



An Account of the Sugar Maple of the United States, by 

 Benjamin Rush, M. D. Profeffor of (he hjiitutcs of 

 Medicine in the Utiiverjity of ' Pcnnjylvania. Communicated 

 by Robert John Thornton, M. D. Lecturer on Me- 

 dical Botany at Guy's Hcfpital - - - 182 



An Account of Mr. Park'.v Journey into the Interior Parts of 

 Africa. From the Proceedings of the African A/Jheiation, 

 1798 - - - - ']<ji, 235 



Analyfs of the Emerald oj Peru. By M. Vau q k L i n 204 



Biographical Memoirs of Pe TEB'Bat E n . By M. L.A S S u s, 

 Secretary to the Clafs of the Phyjical Sciences in the French 

 Nat. Injlitute - - - - 212. 



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