408 Iie7j)atliS on the Lunar Theory. 



and then pressed ; the acid in the sugar saturated with chalk,- 

 ntul the liquid ciaiific(i uitii tlie white of an cgtf, skimmed, and 

 hcilcd to the foiisij.tciift' of a syni|j marked 29° in the areome- 

 ter. The ciiiantity of svrup produced was five pounds nine' 

 ounces. M. Pignami suhinicted one pound of th.is syrup to spon- 

 taneous evaporation in the open air ; but he only ohtained three 

 ounces two drachms of concrete sugar ; the syrup had doubtless 

 not been sulHcientlv purified, or luul ex])erienced some degree of 

 fermentation. A like ciuaiitily of five pounds nine ounces of the 

 svruj) of beet-root of the san;e degree of concentration, and the 

 svrup of tiie arbutus cannot be supposed inferior to it, would 

 have given two poumis uiise ounces of pure concrete sugar. A- 

 new exjjerinient of M. Biguami, in which the sugar had been 

 converted with more care into tiie consistency of a crystallisable 

 granulous svrup, produced four j)ounds two ounces and a half of 

 sugar, which corresponds with the produce obtained in Spain, 

 and proves tiiat the fiuit of Dahnatia is ecpially rich in sugar. 



The sugar which was preL^ented to the Government was white 

 enougii, verv hard,- and exactly siniih\r in the grain and taste to 

 cane sugar. The svrup vvas very agreeable, and might of itself 

 form a valuable article of produce for tlie inhabitants of countries 

 where the common arbutus grows sjjontaneously. 



LXVI. Re77inrks nn Mr. Yv.\ rEs's Papers on the Lunar Theory. 

 By Mr, Jamks Uiting, oJ Lynn Regu. 



To Mr. Tilloch. 



SiK, — In your Magazine for last month, your correspondenC 

 Mr. Veates observes, that 7???/ reynurks on his papers are very 

 curious; but whether they apply to the sttlsttmt'ial \)?al oiKx^ 

 argument he leaves for others to determine. Agreed, so do I. 

 Again he savs, "My argument is a list of corresponding eclipses,- 

 which 1 have iiecn at the pains to collect, and trust vou will al- 

 low me the credit of having advanced my hypothesis on some 

 Joiindalion. It is true I have filled up the list with manv computed' 

 dates, &;c. But since these fill up the steps of the laflder in their 

 true places, anri g've a consistency to the whole, 1 presume little 

 apology may be recpiired for their introduction." 



Now, sir, in the first place I deny that the argument is snl- 

 slantial ; secondlv, assert that if his hypothesis had a founda- 

 tion, he has overturned it; and thirdly, that if a person 

 ascends this ladder by tieading on the substituted steps, he mav 

 probably be in danger of being precipitated to the bottom, and 

 therefore an opolooij would give a consistency to the whole. 



But 



