394 Sa/f Slonn. — Maniiiicyipt Homer. 



voured with a view of it, I think it liad extended over about 

 two acres. On tiie most elevated part of the hill, the earth 

 has sunk about 12 feet perpendicular, while on the lower side 

 it has risen six or eight feet above the surface. Over about 

 one acre the timber has been prostrated on the earth, forming 

 a ruinous appearance from its having been thrown in every 

 direction. On the other part some of the trees are fallen; 

 whilst the renmant are tilted in different directions, with a 

 number of cracks of different sizes, and running various courses. 

 There is a large crack extending itself along the side of the 

 hill, indicating thereby the further progress of this strange 

 eruption. Previous to this event there was a good spring of 

 water flowing from the troubled part of the earth ; the water 

 still issues from the ruin, resembling in colour the earth which 

 is discoverable in those cracks. — Georgia Paper. 



SALT STORM. 



Tlie dreadful gale tliat blew at Newhaven, United States, 

 from 8.E. on the 3d of September 1821, gradually increased 

 from noon imtil dark, when it raged witli tremendous violence, 

 imtil near midnight. It terminated very abruptly, and passed 

 m a very short time from a hurricane to a serene and star-light 

 night. Near midnight, a loud report was heard by many, and 

 it Avas observed that the wind ceased immediately after. Next 

 morni ng, the windows were found covered with salt ; the trees 

 exhibited a blasted foliage ; in a few hours, the leaves began 

 to shrink and dry on the windward side, and after some days 

 the dry leaves fell, as they ordinarily do in the latter end of 

 November, In October the leaves re-appeared on the wind- 

 ward side of the trees, new blossoms were put forth, and the 

 water-melon and the cucumber produced new fruits. In some 

 instances, the mature fruit was found on the same tree with the 

 blossoms. On the morning after the tempest, the leaves wei'e 

 perceptibly saline to the taste at Hebron, 30 miles from the 

 sea: and it is stated that the same eflect was observed at 

 Northampton, more than 60 miles inland. — American Journal 

 of' Scinice. 



MANUSCRIPT HOMER. 



A letter has been received by Mr. W. Bankes, from Mr. 

 Salt, dated at Cairo, in August last, with the following curious 

 information : — A roll of papyrus, measuring about eleven 

 inches in length and five in circumference, has been discovered 

 in the Island of Elephantina, and purchased for Mr. Bankes. 

 It is found to contain a portion of the latter part of the Iliad, 



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