Miscellanies. 197 
from 1817 to 1836, arranged in the order of: the Mortality. Ta- 
_ ken from the Official Report from Twenty-two Stations. 
Deaths in Deaths by 
1000, Fever, 
*"The Bahamas, <5 ss. s. eis ee Pe 
Me Mevnnnah la Mar, . 0.04088 0 ee o's eS 200 
MuMentero Bay, 20s Chemex 178-9 150-7 
prmpenich Town. 664. er u* 2 BOER 162-4 141-1 
mereobago, ais es ek pee ewes - 152-8 104-1 
O-Port: Antonio, . .0.0i-<v sacs wee ee ee 149-3 126-0. 
pep Perk Camp, 4220630 46 <2 eee 140-6 120-8 . 
Meeiatinidas<< isi ¢ bes oa OR ea 137-4 49-3 
Bete lais; ew td 64 ge rs eS 122-8 63-1 
A ee ae Be ee eer 113-1 93-9 
on LS ear era etme ae 106-3 61-6 
am Falmouth, .. 5 <<. pines ae -.-. 102-6 80-0 
eerany Mill, oe a pts egies 90-2 70-5 
STON SHIEH, cs ps ce MG's we 8 84-0 59-2 
_ 2 eee ee ee are eee Bee 
Be POLY Atcumtng. 3655. 5576 Aw tee oe 73-5 55-5 
17. Si. Kits, Nevis and TOrGia, 66 <4 ts * 1-0. 42-I 
SS See a eee +. 61-8 26-3 
pecmarohdoes, 2s. ss es fy eee tks. See die 
me Bt Vincents, . .3n se seo 6 ce ht er 
2i. Antigua and Montserrat, .-..-.-+ e+e 40-6 14-9 
22, Maroon OWN Gs 4.5 5 38 Seek oe TEN Sw 32-7 §=615-3 
Lond. and Edin. Phil. Mag., Jan. 1889.” 
19. Electrical Excitement in Leather by Friction.—The Rev. 
Thos, Drury, under date of Dec. 17, 1838, at Keighley Rectory, 
Yorkshire, England, communicates the following fact to Dr. Faraday. 
He speaks of what he terms an extraordinary electrifying machine, 
_ Which is no other than a leather strap which connects two drums in 
‘large worsted mill in the town of Keighley.‘ The dimensions and 
Patticulars of the strap are as follows: 3 
It is in length : : ; ‘ ; ; 24 feet 
Breadth : . : : : 6 inches 
Thickness , : : ; : at + do. 
It makes 100 revolutions in a minute. Noa 
The drums, over which it passes at both ends, are two feet in dia- 
Meter, made of wood fastened to iron hoops and turning on iron 
axles ; these drums are placed at 10 feet distance from each other, 
and the Strap crosses in the middle between the drums, where there 
1S some friction; the strap forming a figure of eight. There is no 
