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oil of salt, which drains from the rock salt, have been used with ad- 

 vantage. Whatever may be thought upon this subject, there ap- 

 pear to have been, from ancient date, very decided opinions upon 

 the utility of the general use of salt, which is craved with great ar- 

 dor by many animals. It is the well known token of hospitality and 

 confidence among the Arab tribes, and the ancient Hebrew moral 

 law enjoins its employment as a point of religious as well as of phys- 

 ical propriety. 



It is hardly possible to appreciate the value of such an article, un- 

 til one has suffered the miseries of privation. 



Art. IX. — Meteorological Journal, for the year 1836, "kept at 

 Marietta, Ohio, in Lat. 39° 25' N. and Long. 4° 28' W. of 

 Washington; by S. P. Hildreth. 



Remarks on the year 1836. — The same diminution of mean an- 

 nual heat, which has prevailed in the middle and eastern states for 

 the last three years, appears still to be continued, and in the year 

 which has passed at rather an increased ratio. To what cause or 



A Spanish physician of reputation at Bogota, assured me that dogs and cats 

 were occasionally subject to ^ot^re, and that he had seen instances in both, although 

 he was not aware that it prevailed among any other domestic animals. Whether 

 some clue to its origin and causes may be discovered by the fact that those animals 

 which feed upon the offals of our table, are alone affected by this peculiar disease, 

 is yet to be shown. 



