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the time of inflorescence, because the plants are at that 

 time more replete with uutricious juices. Idem, 



11. Bkussels. — Encouragement to Science. Count 



Sack, who has pubhsised a voyage to Stirinam in two vol- 

 umes 4to, remarkable for tiie luxury of its typography, has 

 received lately from the king, as a reward for the service he 

 has rendered to science, a rich gold medal, very tastefully- 

 wrought. On one side is the portrait of the king, and on 

 the reverse, tliis inscription : — A Sackio, libero baroni, pro 

 oblato munere (itterario, rex, 1819. M. de Sack proposes 

 to make another voyage to America, and add new riches to 

 those he has collected in that part of the world. An Eng- 

 lish translation of his first volume has already appeared. 



Idem. 



12. Amsterdam. — A society has for some time existed in 

 this city for the amelioration of the instruction and civiliza- 

 tion of the Israelites of the lower class. It is composed of 

 persons of every sect, whose philanthropic efforts have al- 

 ready produced happy results. 



13. The Royal Academy of Paintings at Amsterdam., has 

 just been inaugurated in its new locality. The building is 

 divided so as to accommodate 400 pupils. Already it has 

 become impossible to admit all that have presented ; the 

 number of whom exceeds 1200, which is certainly very 

 considerable, since there exist in this city other establish- 

 ments which have the same end, and which owe their ori- 

 gin as well to the care of the municipal authority as to that 

 zeal for the arts which animates so many of the inhabitants. 



Ide7n. 



14. Bourdeawx. — Steam-boats meet with full success in this 

 city. Four of them go daily from Bourdeaux to Langon, 

 and ascend the river as high as the tide will admit. Two 

 of them make the passage as far as Pauillac on the Gironde, 

 and even in the season of sea bathing, to Royan. Another 

 steam-boat constructed at Bourdeaux has been sent to 

 Havre, where it is employed in crossing to and from Hon- 

 fleur. An eighth will soon issue from the same ship-yard, 



