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the words applied to him by a subsequent author, ¢ who thought 
and wrote philosophically.’ In the introduction, too, of the new 
mode of bleaching, which has worked an entire revolution in 
that art, and occasioned an incomparably quicker circulation of 
capital, he was one of the earliest and most successful - agents. 
In addition to the acquirements connected with his profession, 
he had cultivated to no inconsiderable degree a taste for the pro- 
ductions of the Fine Arts; he had obtained a knowledge of his- 
tofical events remarkable for its extent and accuracy; and he 
had derived, from reading and reflection, opinions to which he 
was steadily attached, on those topics of political, moral, and 
religious inquiry, which are most important to the welfare of 
mankind. For several years past he had retired from the prac- 
tice of medicine, in which he had been extensively engaged, 
with credit and success, for more than half a, century; and 
from delicate health he had long ceased to take an active share 
in the practical cultivation of science. But possessing, almost 
unimpaired, his faculties of memory and judgement, he con- 
tinued to feel a lively interest in the advancement of literature 
and philosophy. Retaining also in their full vigour those kind 
affections of the heart that gave birth to the most estimable 
moral qualities, and secured the faithful attachment of his friends, 
he passed through a long and serene old age, experiencing little 
but its comforts and its honours, and habitually thankful for the 
blessings with which Providence had indulged him.” 
RUSSIAN VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. 
he ship Suwarrow, Captain Lazaroff, belonging to the Rus- 
sian Kast India Company, arrived at Spithead on Tuesday, 
June 18, whence she sailed on the 10th of March 1814, on a 
voyage of discoveries in the North Pacific Ocean, but more with 
a view to form two military aud commercial establishments on 
the west coast of North America, namely, at the island of Ro- 
diak, in lat. 55° N. long.160° W. which is the nearest part of the 
American continent to the Russian establishment at Kamschatka, 
and upon a neck of land called California. From these they 
will be enabled to carry on their fur-trade with China with 
greater advantages; and their homeward-bound voyage, with 
the produce of China, will be likewise greatly facilitated. The 
Suwarrow has been so far as lat. 58? 50’ N. long. 190° 50’ E. 
She touched at Kamschatka, On the 10th of October 1814 
she discovered an island in lat. 13° 10’ 8S. long. 163° 29’ W. It 
is about eight miles and a half long, and seven miles wide. Co- 
coa-nut trees and sea-fowl were found upon it. The rocks around 
it appear formed of solid coral. It not being laid down in any 
chart, Captain Lazaroff named it after his ship, Suwarrow 
Island.’ 
