Remarks upon East Florida. 47 



On the method of computing the Dip of the Magnetic Needle in different lati- 

 tudes, according to the theory of M. Biot. 



Remarks on the methods of correcting the elements of the orbit of a comet in 

 Newton's " Principia," and in La Place's " Mecanique Celeste." 



Remarks on the usual Demonstration of the permanency of the solar system, 

 with respect to the Eccentricities and Inclinations of the orbits of the Planets. 



Remarks on Dr. Stewart's formula, for computing the motion of the Moon's 

 Apsides, as given in the Supplement to the Encyclopajdia Britannica. 



On the Meteor which passed over Wilmington in the State of Delaware, Nov. 

 21, 1819. 



Occultation of Spica by the Moon, observed at Salem. 



On a mistake which exists in the calculation of M. Poisson relative to the dis- 

 tribution of the electrical matter upon the surfaces of two globes, in vol. 12 of the 

 " Memoires de la classe des sciences mathematiques et physiques de I'lnstitut Im- 

 perial de France." 



Elements of the Comet of 1819. 



Dr. Bowditch was also the author of the article on BTodern Astronomy, in the 

 North American Review, Vol. XX. pp. 309 — 366. In the Monthly Anthology, 

 Vol. IV. p. 653, there is a brief account of the Comet of 1806, drawn up by him 

 at the request of the Editors. 



Art, II. — Cursory Remarks upon Bast Florida, in 1838 ; by 

 Maj. Henry Whiting, U. S. Army. 



Public attention has most naturally been turned towards Flo- 

 rida for the last two or three years. That peninsula has been the 

 scene of a contest of remarkable chai-acter, awakening a curiosity 

 respecting its topography, resources, «fcc. which has found but 

 scanty means of gratification. Although the first portion of the 

 United States to be permanently occupied, (St. Augustine having 

 been founded in 1564,) and early signalized by political revolu- 

 tions, military events, and romantic enterprises, yet its history, 

 both statistical and natural, has been but imperfectly understood 

 by us. The Spaniards no doubt had a tolerably accurate know- 

 ledge of the interior, which was formerly somewhat extensively 

 occupied by them. Their settlements, however, were much 

 broken up during the insurrectionary movements which immedi- 

 ately preceded the transfer of jurisdiction to the United States, 

 and the majority of them, when that transfer took place, were 

 abandoned, under the influence of strong national prejudices, 

 which led to a distrust or dislike of a new and dissimilar gov- 



