304 Scientific Intelligence, 



Many strangers of distinction came introduced to him, and 

 his urbanity and hospitality rarely left him without guests at 

 his board. During the latter part of his life, he seems to have 

 been less interested in science. His journal had been so long 

 suspended, that it was considered as virtually relinquished ; his 

 health was undermined by repeated attacks of illness, and sci- 

 ence and society had to lament his sudden departure, when he 

 had scarcely attained the meridian of life. 



He died in his native place on the 22d of February, 1818, 

 of an apoplexy, in the 41st year of his age. 



INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. XIX. 1 . Dr, J. W. Webster's Lectures, 



JL^R. J. W. Webster, some months since, commenced a 

 course of Lectures in the town of Boston, on Geology and 

 Mineralogy. Having finished his first course, he is now oc- 

 cupied with a second on the same subjects, and we understand 

 receives the patronage of some of the most respectable citi- 

 zens of Boston and its vicinity. He makes Geology the ground- 

 work of his plan, and fills up by describing the metals and 

 minerals met with in each class of rocks, after the rock has 

 been noticed. A pretty full account is given of the coal for- 

 mations, (several of which Dr. W. has visited) and of the 

 modes of searching and boring. A view is given of the for- 

 mations of Paris and the Isle of Wight, with specimens from 

 those districts. 



In the volcanic part, a description (from personal observa- 

 tion) is given of St. Michael's. The structure of veins ; the 

 forming and destroying effects of water ; the physiognomy of 

 the dry land and submarine ; the origin of islands and coral 

 reefs, and a view of the principal mountain ranges throughout 

 the world conclude the course. 



