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bareous earth and barytes chiefly by its union with acids> 

 and gives directions for preparing the muriat of barytes for 

 medical purpofes. Three papers by B. Sewergin, oh dif- 

 ferent fpecies of talc, the Rutfian kinds of ferpentine, and 

 the cyanite. A Phyfical and Topographical Sketch of 

 Tauria, by Profeflbr- Pallas; alfo a Description of fome new 

 Siberian Plants (with figures) from the Colle6tion of the 

 late J. Sievers of Hanover, viz. two fpecies of robinia, the 

 jubata and' tragacdntboides ; a fpecies of fophera, argentea; 

 tam3iY\{ks,fongarica; rofes, berberifolia ; molucella, diacan- 

 ihophylla; rhubarb, hucorbizon; and three kinds of ribes, 

 J'axatllis, fragrans and trijlis. Herrman's Mineralogical 

 Observations made during a Journey through the Chain of 

 the Ural Mountains, which he traverfed from Weft to Eaft. 

 J. T. Kolreuter on the true Organs of Fructification in the 

 Teriploca Graca. Profeflbr Lepechin's Defcription of a new 

 Siberian kind of Polygonum, which he calls Laxman, from 

 the difcoverer, and of which a figure is given. It has a 

 large ftem, and its flowers are furnifhed with eight ftamina 

 and three ftyles, placed in tender panicles at the angles of 

 the leaves, which are lanceolated, of equal breadth, fmooth, 

 and fliarp pointed. 



llcife durcb Po?n?nern najzh der Infcl Riigen, 6^V. A Tour 

 through Pomerania to the Ifle of Rugen and a Part of 

 the Duchy of JVIeeklenburg, in the Year 1795. In a 

 Series of Letters, by John Frederic Zol'.ner. With Cop- 

 per Plates. Berlin 1797, Svo. 



THE route which the author purfued, in this tour, was 

 through Stettin, Wollin, Swinemunde, Wolgaft, Greifswald, 

 Stralfund, Hiddenfii, Earth, Roftock, Dobran, Remplin, 

 Strelitz, Ruppin, and thence to Berlin. The work, befules 

 a defcriptive account of the places which the author vifitcd, 

 contains alfo anecdotes of remarkable perfons, and observa- 

 tions refpetting trade, manufactures and natural hi (lory. 

 In an Appendix is given a great many ftatiftic observation* 

 H 3 relating 



