1816.] Scientific Intelligence. 397 * 
Poole, who was present. He was soon afterwards. surprised to see 
the pig alive -extricated from its confinement. Its figure was.ex- 
tremely emaciated, having scarcely any muscles discernible; and its 
bristles were erect, though not stiff, but soft, clean, and white. The 
animal was lively, walked well, and took food eagerly. At the time 
of the accident it was fat, and supposed to have weighed about 
160 lbs; but it now weighed only 40 lbs. Mr. Mantell was assured 
that at the time of the fall there was neither food nor water in the 
stye, which is a cave about six feet square, dug in the rock, and 
boarded in the front ; and the whole was covered about 30 feet deep 
in the fallen chalk. The door and other wood in front of the stye 
had been much nibbled, and the sides of the cave were very smooth, 
having apparently been constantly licked for obtaining the moisture 
exuding through the rock.» ‘There was no doubt that some of the 
loose chalk in front had been eaten; and from the appearance of 
the excrement, it may be conjectured that it had passed more than 
once through the intestines. 
IV. French Academy of Sciences. 
By a Royal Edict, dated the 26th of March, 1816, the First 
Class of the French Institute resumes the name of the Royal Acar 
demy of Sciences. It preserves the organisation and distribution 
in sections of the First Class of the Institute. It is composed as 
follows : 
Sect. 1. Geometry—MM. le Comte Laplace, le Chevalier 
Legendre, Lacroix, Biot, Poinsot, Ampere. 
Sect. 2. Mechanics.—MM. Perier, de Prony, le Baron Sané, 
Molard, Cauchy, Breguet. 
Sect. 3. Astronomy.—MM. Messier, Cassini, Lefrangais-La- 
Jande, Bouvard, Burckhardt, Arago. 
Sect. 4. Geography and Navigation.—MM. Buache, Beau- 
temps-Beaupré, Rossel. 
Sect. 5. General Physics—MM. Rochon, Charles, Lefevre- 
Gineau, Gay-Lussac, Poisson, Girard. 
Sect. 6. Chemistry—MM. le Comte Berthollet, Vauquelin, 
Deyeux, le Comte Chaptal, Thenard, Thenard. 
Sect. 7. Mineralogy.—MM. Sage, Haiiy, Duhamel, Lelievre, 
le Baron Ramond, Brogniard. 
Sect. 8. Botany.—MM., de Jussieu, de Lamarck, Desfontaines, 
Labillardiere, Palissot-Beauvois, Mirbel. 
Sect. 9. Rural Economy.—MM. Tessier, Thouin, Huzard, Sil- 
vestre, Bosc, Yvart. 
Sect. 10. Anatomy and Zoology.x—MM. le Comte Lacépéde, 
Richard, Pinel, le Chevalier Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, Latreille, 
Dumenil. 
Sect. 11. Medicine and Surgery.n—MM. le Chevalier Portal, 
le Chevalier Halle, le Chevalier Pelletan, le Baron Percy, le Baron 
Corvisart, Deschamps ; le Chevalier Delambre, Perpetual Secretary 
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