of the Island of Hayti. 27 



With the bark of the Rhizophora Mangle, leather is 

 tanned. It is not so firm as the American leather, and 

 has a very red or dark colour. 



I was told by Mr. Booth, a gentleman of correct in- 

 formation, that on a mountain, between Port au Prince 

 and Jacquemel, the Dunghill- cock crows almost conti- 

 nually, even during the day ; and also, from his o^vll 

 knowledge, that at the distance of about sixty miles, the 

 same species is never heard to crow. 



At Gonaives, the earth has, in many places, very pure 

 salt (muriate of soda) deposited on the surface. All 

 the earth has a saltish taste. Formerly, there were, at 

 this place, numerous sugar-plantations : but it was found, 

 that the sugar had a saltish taste, and, of course, the 

 making of sugar here was given up. This fact, so well 

 known, goes, 1 think, a great way to establish your idea, 

 that some substances are carried unchanged into the ves- 

 sels of the plant. 



I am, &c. 



A. Gregg, Junr. 

 Bristol, June 20thy 1806. 



III. Remarks on the Management of the Scalped-Head. 

 By Mr. James Robertson, of Nashville, in the 

 State of Tenessee. Communicated to the E d i t o R , 6// 

 Felix Robertson, M. /)., of the same place. 



IN the year 1777, there was a Doctor Vance, 

 about the Long- Islands of Holsten, who was there attend- 



