172 Intelligence and Miscellanes. 
sunk and was succeeded by another, and this by another 
similar one ; then was darkness a moment, and next follow- 
three successive flashes. We lowered our Jantern; her 
mizen light again es and all hands were called to . 
execute the order. This is the first time I have introduced 
to youa eight signal: we wee two on Saturday night in the 
midst of the storm: their effect, in rough or calm weather, 
is always very fine 
‘The gale came on soon after ; it brought one complaisant, 
and this appeared at our mizen royal-mast head: our main- 
mast has a chain conductor. 
um “ magno telluris amore.” Yours, &c. 
3. The — Jive, the most favorite number of nature.— 
Pror. Eat 
Aihough Hies and many other plants have the organs 
of fructification in sixes, also some in threes, others in Late 
and the ponex-oalle of bees have sides in nats ke. y 
ture’s favorite number appears to be five. At least, the half 
of all known aaaae have the parts of "pega in fives, 
or ina number which is the product o 
On examining the radiated division. of eile, we find 
the sea star-and medusa’s head (asterias aculeata and ca- 
put medusz) have their medullary processes incased in five 
rays. The genus actinia has its rays in fives or in a num- 
ber produced by some product of five. Every species of 
the coral rock, called madrepora, also the spongia, flustra, 
salutary, sextalaris: encrinus, &c. have rays of similar 
num 
‘Throughout Cuvier’s whole vertebral division, five is the 
leading number. For example we have five fingers to the 
hand, and a toes to the foot, in-common with most of the 
mamm cael ia, Hence our numbers five, twice five, (ten,) twen- 
ty times five, (one hundred,) &c. We have five principles, 
constituting the highest order of vertebral animals, man— 
to wit. 1, imert matter, 2, the attractive principle, 3, the 
living principle, 4, the sentient principle, 5, the ntellestual 
principle. In roof of this we observe them disappearing in 
an inverted order at death. I will state a case, which has 
recently passed under my immediate inspection. 
A.near and dear relative died of the pulmonary consump- 
tion, His intellectual faculties were never more brilliant, 
than at 11 o’clock in the evening of Noy. 13th, (1828.) In 
