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is 600 feet, the width of the carriage way 20 feet, and each 
of the side walks 5 feet.—Jdem. 
23. Bhagavad—Gitdh.—Ww. pe HumpBo.prt, brother of 
the celebrated traveller of the same name, read at the last 
sitting of the Royal Academy of Berlin, a metrical transla- 
tion of several parts of a great philosophical and religious po- 
em, called Bhagavad—Gitah; to which he added illustra- 
tions of the metaphysics of the Hindoos, compared with the 
systems of the Greeks. One is agreeably surprised to find in 
M. W. oldt, the learned translator and commentator 
indar and Sophocles, a person who is initiated’ in the 
secrets of the Sanscirt grammar, as well as those of the 
Basque tongue, and of the primitive idioms of the new conti- 
nent. We cannot but expect, from this various knowledge, 
labours which will-add to the amount of our literary acqui- 
sitions, and by which the rest of Europe will be solicitous to 
profit.—Idem 
24. Geneva.—The Reading Society (Société de Lecture) 
of this city, founded in 1818, is now in possession of a Libra- 
red-brown colour, very volatile, and its vapour resem- 
ling in appearance that of nitrous acid. It has about three 
times the density of water, although it boils at 47° cent.— 
The name of Brome has been adopted for this substance, from 
Bowpes (feetor,) in consequence of its strong and unpleasant 
lour, which resembles considerably that of chlorine. It 
has extensive chemical affinities, forming acids and salts, as 
well as direct combinations with the metals. The memoir of 
the discoverer has been fully sanctioned by a committee of 
