REVIEW. 



'Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 

 held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful Know- 

 ledge. Vol. 6. Part 1. Philadelphia: from the 

 press of the late R. Aitken. The present proprietors, 

 John Conrad £s? Co. 



THIS very respectable Institution continue 

 their labours, with zeal and success. The pre- 

 sent portion of their sixth volume will not derogate 

 from their former character, as cultivators of science. 

 Some account of the principal papers, relative to na- 

 tural science, will be given in the next number of the 

 Journal. At present we shall subjoin a list of all the 

 papers. 



1. On the Language of Signs among certain 

 North-American Indians. By William Dunbar, 

 Esq. of the Missisippi Territory. Communicated by 

 Thomas Jefferson, President of the Society. 



2. Meteorological Observations, for one entire 

 Made by William Dunbar, Esq., at the Fo- 



vear. 



