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In other cases the magnetic sleep became so profound, 

 that neither calling aloud in the patient's ear, shaking, 

 pinching, nor even a caustic applied to the upper part of 

 the thigh, and to the epigastrium was able to produce the 

 least sign of sensibility either by cries, motions, or varia- 

 tions of the pulse. Rev.Ency. Dec. 1821, 



43. Bavaria. — Mineralogy. — Baron de Schutz, known by 

 the distinguished manner with which, during fifty years he 

 has directed the administration of mines in that country, 

 has just given to the school of Landshut his fine collection 

 of minerals, consisting of 2,318 rare and valuable speci- 

 mens, among which are a great number of fossils. This es- 

 timable philosopher, animated by the love of public good, 

 has joined to this rich present, that of a part of his Library. 



Idem. 



44. Vesuvius. — After the last eruption of Vesuvius, in 

 the plain which surrounds its volcanic cone, were formed 

 six other cones more or less profound. One of them rises 

 nearly sixty feet, and has a perimeter of about 200 feet. 

 A torrent of very fluid and ardent lava crosses it within. 

 It was into the crater of this cone that a young French Offi- 

 cer, Louis Coutrel, precipitated himself on the 11th Jan. 

 1821, to put an end to a life embittered by " ennm." De- 

 tails of this circumstance were read to the Academy of Na- 

 ples, by the Secretary M. Monticelli. Idem. 



45. Necrology. — M. Rodrigues a distinguished astronomer, 

 who was appointed by the Spanish government to unite 

 with Biot and Arago in measuring an arc of the meridian, 

 died suddenly at Madrid, aged about 45. His engagement 

 had induced him to remain a long time at Paris and Lon- 

 don. 



46. A New Mineral^ discovered in a depot of friable lig- 

 trite at Kolowerux, near Berlin in Bohemia, has been na- 

 med Humholdtine, by M. Riviero, who has written a memoir 

 upon it, approved by Vanquehn, and the Academya It is a 



sub-oxalate of the peroxide of iron. 

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