THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



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But by tliis operatioti they ure fle|uiv»;(l of a great 

 pint oi' llieir leiiiiiziiig [lOwerH. Upon curelully 

 oli.serviiig the appearatice of n tiiuss of lioues un- 

 der feniieii'atioii, I ioimtl the siiiiuce oi a part 

 of ihctM to be Cdveicd wiih a thhi voMuj; of an 

 unctuous suhstatii'e, fluirp ;iii(l hitiiii; to the taste. 

 — Tliis appeared tn rrii' to I)p loiiiitil by llie ooni- 

 binalion of gelatine wiili aiijiiioiii,! : this las! he- 



of''all aiVnnal .-^iihstairrs. The <.h>ei-vaii..ii» of 

 M. D'Al-cet, to wh.iiij ue aie iudehtcd for a very 

 valuable work ujion gelatine, fujiport this opin- 

 ioii. 



It js iiossihle, that, when the groiuid bones are 

 emjiloyrd without linviiig hveu first fubiuitted to 

 the rornuieiicriiicut r.l' a tcruientatioii, the gela- 

 tine is gnuhially dec-uui|iosed in the grotnid, and 

 the ?auie result' at leu-th produced; or, we can 

 conceive that water, acting upon tlie bones, uill 

 dissolve the gelatine, and trausiuit it to plants ; 

 and iu both these ca; 

 bones upon vegciation 

 be considered as a put 



ifiuence of the 



ly nutritive nianiue, or 

 of a inttritive and stini- 



very gr 



in a close vessel. 



ol ammonia ; the 

 ^ not sensibly di- 



<'ojiiposerl. There 

 nj si.xiy-six to sev- 

 ight of the hones 

 v.en and |)ulverized 

 e i)rocess of relin- 



used in this jjro- 



in the double conn 

 ulating substance. 

 , When bones .h.- r :!. i 

 they yield oil :•'■■■'. 

 proportion of il;- ; ' /,• 

 niinisbed : but t'l ;;■ i. i im 

 rffmains after the opi'r.-iiioi 

 euty-tuo per cent of the 

 employed. This residue. 

 with care, is of great use i 

 ing sugar. Alter having 1 

 cess, and become impregnated with ox-blood and 

 animal carbon, I have found it to be one of the 

 best manures whieii I could eni|iloy for trefoil 

 and c'over. It should be .scattered with the hand 

 ui:on the plants, when vegetation begins to be de- 

 veloped in the spring. 



TREMENDOn 



We find in tl: 



Sandwicli Islan.i 



lint thct i'.s vern 



v.-cllstaL'Snl.fli 



Thou-h mv 1, 



ng tiie early part of tlie eruption, sli;I:t 

 L ks uf cartiiriualie were felt, for several 

 '■ ir II,,. scpnt; of action. Tliese sliook 



ind rcpct- 



itter is Already long, I cannot ci 

 \vitliout saving a word respecting the late volcanic 

 tion in Puna, on tliis island. At the time this en 

 took place we were all absent from Hito to att' n 

 general meeting al Oalu, a circumstance which 1 



I have matte a pn t1_v thor.jiijli f\ni,,if>ti,Mi >'\' t' . i 

 been collected Ir.ni ccl/ . . . i 



past the -I. 

 by the ...: 

 quent gn. i 



filling up tlie basil 

 op-ninc; fissures 1 



flood, and sweeping luresl, i: 



days the fire rage 

 awfully terrific, 

 pounds, and dath 

 tl-.e sides of the 1 



•ted 



down and re 

 racing sea, 



particle of lava remains 

 .Ml has been melted 

 w. The whole appears like a 

 had lieen suddenly sohdified 



iiinsr of the aiipearnce of the great 

 previous to the disu'crcment of its 

 3W give a short hi>tory of the erilp- 

 t, because it wruld require a vol- 

 ninute detail of all the facts in the 



Puna obser 



emitted i 

 In pur. 



I Baioi;e are sti 



still standing, but s 

 1 lava, where the e 



■The N. r. Jc 



ir i'mslM Is it'll 



-i„:i; , . ;ich inl.a.liitunt, iucliidiiig 



i,;ri;. ■ i''cn, hoiul Kiid free. The 



vali:i • |i of grain and iiotatoes, 



r. ,ii,- V prices, is not, (says the 



I ; : ' ,. f hundred inillions oi' dol- 



i, -: , , . : li other aariculiural pro- 



.; ,-,,.i- . :. i' i: are cotton and tobacco, 

 with a ;;iii-; Ihuv,-.; .:(.• lor the cattle, sheep, horses, 

 swine, &c.., nbicb h.loi'C to tlio ) ear, we eliall 

 have an annual pn-i'i i i of more than five husd- 

 KfD MILLION DOLLAilS il; Value. 



