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compenfation, nor a profped of its continuance, it cannot 

 be expefted he will purfue the objeds of his Profeflbrfliip 

 with entire zeal and affiduitv. 



The eflablifhment of a Garden is nearly connected with 

 the Profefibrfliip of Botany under the College, and the 



of David, out of which he feledj thofe verfes which contain all the words occurring in 

 them; which verfes amount to no more than 564, according to Opitius and Bythner ; 

 and he gives al; the words fur every tafk, with which the memory is to be impreffcd. 

 The number of talks of the grammar, as well as the pradlical exercifes defcribed, amounts 

 to 130. Did the ftudents regularly attend, to complete the whole, twenty-fix weekt 

 would be required, allowing five hours to a week ; but experience has taught, that the 

 courfe comaionly runs through the year. The time hitherto found moft fuitable, is every 

 day, Saturday and Sunday excepted, rom twelve to one; the place, the ProfefTor's 

 houfe ; and the commencement of the ledlure, the end of the fpring vacation in June. 



6. A Profeflbrihip of Ecenomits was inftituted in July, 1793, and Samuel Latham 

 MiTCHiLL, M. D. appointed Profeffor. This courfe, of which a Syllabus is publiflied, 

 Is conduced upon the neiu French fyftem. A few weeks ago, Mr. Mitchill gave an 

 edition of the new Nomenclature of Chemifl:ry, in French, German, and Englifh, for 

 the ufe of the fludents. This Profefforfhip comprifcs not only the claflifisation and 

 arrangement of natural bodies, but alfo treats of a greiit variety of fa(51:s which form 

 the baOs of Medicine, Agriculture, and other ufeful arts, as well as of manufadures. 



This courfe, which it is neceffary for Students of Phyfic to attend, begins after the 

 antumnal vacation, and ends in the fpring, about the time the Medical Ledurt s arc 

 concluded. Any gentleman whe withes to ftudy Chemiftry may attend this elafs, without 

 regularly entering College, or performir.g the talks required from ftudents on the 

 cftabliftiment. There is a handfome apparatus belenging to this department, and a 

 confiderable collecSlion of foflils. 



7. The Profcfforfliip of the Ffench Tongue is held by Antoinne Vilette Marcellin. 

 A good pronounciation being very efier.tial in every living language, the beginners arc 



