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feuilles du Uicin ; II donne des etoffes qui paraissent d'un 

 tissu ]aclie, mais qui sont d'une durele incroyable. On a en 

 effet constate que la vie d'une personue est rarement suffisanto 

 pour user un vetement fabriqud avec cette sole : Le fil est 

 travaill6 comme le coton, et les etofies qu'on en fabrique sont, 

 pour la plus grande partie,employees a I'interieurdans la con- 

 fection des vetements ordinaires des classes les plus pauvres 

 de la population, et des vetements d'hiver des classes plus 

 elevees." H. C. D. 



La lettre suivante est communiquee par le Secretaire : 



" Stockliolm, (Sweden) 1870, Oct, 

 " Tli6 Royal Society of Arts and Sciences, Mauritius. 

 '• Grentlemen, 



" The Eoyal Academy of Sciences in Stockbom wbo is very 

 anxious to enter in communication with the men of science, 

 sent a time ago a parcel containing their latest publications 

 to you, care of Messrs Longman & Co. in London, hoping 

 that you would kindly receive them. As the Messrs LoDg- 

 man & Co. wrote back that they did not knov/ your direction, 

 and consequently were unable to forward the parcel to you, 

 I now take the liberty of asking you how in case you are will- 

 ing to receive our publications, these may be sent to you most 

 cheaply and most conveniently. If, as I suppose, you have 

 an agent in London, the parcel would be best sent to him. 



" The Academy does not necessarily expect your publica- 

 tions in return, yet I feel bound to state that your works 

 would not only be most welcome to our Academy, but also 

 that by sending them to us you would perform an actual ser- 

 vice to science, inasmuch as our Library contains exclusively 

 works on the Natural Sciences, and already embraces a collec- 

 tion of more than 40,000 volumes. Our agents in London 

 are Messrs Longman & Co. 



** Hopi'Dg to receive a favorable reply from you, 

 " I rerrair your most respcctflly, 



" J. A. AhlsxeaisD, 

 " Libi" i"au tc the Eoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 



Stcckolin." 



