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lect.front the bottom some stones, which were only si- 
liceous tufa, of which the silex is in actual solution in the 
waters of the spring. If astone be thrown into the funnel it 
produces an explosion. 
Un the middle of one of the nights which he passed near 
the Geyser, the traveller was awakened by a noise similar 
to that of thunder. He rushed from his tent, and saw the. 
waters of the Stroch projected to such a height, that the 
smoke of the boiling water seemed to reach the skies; 
whilst in the midst of terrible explosions, the grand Geyser 
displayed most magnificently its colossal mountain ef va- 
pour. The brightness of the moon and the first rays of Au- 
rora enlightened on each side, the waving clouds formed by 
this watery volcano. In his enthusiam Professor Menge con-— 
gratulated himselfin having been a witness to the first spec- 
tacle which in his opinion nature can offer to the view of 
mortals. 
2, M. Gaus, of Gottingen, an eminent Geometrician has 
been elected a foreign associate of the French Academy, in 
the room of Sir Joseph Banks. : 
3. Lava.—Dr. Gmelin, of Tubingen, has found in clinkstone 
lava, (which ineludes the narolite or mesotype,) a certain 
quantity of ammonia, which is disengaged by distillation. 
He has also met with it in columnar basalt. It would be ex- 
tremely interesting to be able to prove that Java contains an 
animal substance. 
4. Sculpture—The celebrated Canova has proved, by 
his sculpture of the two lions which ornament the mausole- 
um of Pope Clement XII. in the church of St. Peter, that 
his talent is equally adapted to all sorts of composition. A 
few years since he made the model of a horse of a colossal 
size. This work, which presented a crowd of. difficulties, 
was much eee by connoisseurs. It was cast in bronze _ 
at Naples, with much success. Canova then engaged in 
another model of the same animal in a different attitude. 
This model, in which the sculptor has surpassed himself, 
will be connected with the former. Both of them will or- 
nament. the grand place of the magnificent temple of St. 
