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come to hand. Mr. V. Kotzebue discovered three new islands 

 in the South Sea in 14° of latitude and H4° of longitude. To 

 these islands lie gave the names of Rornaiizow (the author and 

 equipper of tlie whole expedition), Spiridow (an admiral under 

 whom Kotzebue formerly served several years), and Krusenstern 

 (with whom he made his first voyaae round the world). Besides 

 these he discovered a long chain of islands in the same quarter, 

 and two clusters of islands in the 11th degree of latitude and 

 190th degree of longitude. (It is not specified whether the lati- 

 tude is N. or S. or the longitude E. or W.) These he called 

 after his ships Rurick's Chain ; the two latter Kutusow's Cluster 

 (a group) and Suwarrow's Cluster. All these islands are very 

 woody, partly uninhabited, and dangerous for navigators. The 

 discoverer has sent to Count Romanzow a great many maps and 

 drawings. On the 12th of .luly O.S. Kotzebue designed to sail 

 from Kamtschatka to Behring's Straits, according to his instruc- 

 tions. He hopes to return to Kamtschatka in September 181 7- 

 On the whole voyage from Chili to that place he had not a single 

 person sick on board. He touched at Easter Island ; but did 

 not find the inhabitants so friendly as La Peyrouse describes them. 

 He thinks that something nuist have happened since that time 

 which has made them distrustful of the Europeans : perhaps it 

 may be the overturning of their surprisingly large statues, which 

 Kotzebue looked for in vain, and found only the ruins of one of 

 them near its base, which still remains. He saw no fruits from 

 the seeds left by La Peyrouse, nor any sheep or hogs, which by 

 this time must have nmltiplied exceedingly. A single fowl was 

 brought him for sale. It seems we may hope much from this 

 young seaman, who is not yet thirty years of age. He was obliged 

 for many reasons to leave the learned Dane Wormskrold behind 

 in Kamtschatka. 



SCARLET BYE. 



Sir, — I should be much obliged to any of your scientific cor- 

 respondents that \\-ould inform me, through the medium of your 

 Magazine, of a n-.ethod to prepare a beautiful scarlet dye of suffi- 

 cient depth of colour for immediate use. I have not succeeded 

 in its preparation by any formulae hitherto proposed by chemists, 

 even when the experiments were made with the greatest care 

 and exactness, an J the articles operated upon were of the ut- 

 most purity. There are two or three wholesale chemists in 

 London, who prepare a scarlet of great durability from a sub- 

 stance not one quarter of the price of cochineal. These persons 

 supply dyers witli the article ready pre])ared for immediate use. 

 Surely a knowledge of this substance would be a great acquisition 

 both to the chemist and dyer. 



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