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perty,) got up and sustained, as they almost invariably are, with great 

 labor and personal inconvenience, and usually with little pecuniary 

 reward ; so that, with few exceptions, only those who love knowledge 

 will long persevere in sustaining them. The Journal now before us 

 has peculiar claims from its joint relation to science, aits, instruction 

 and amusement. We trust, therefore, that the effort which we un- 

 derstand is about to be made, by the editors, to save their interest- 

 ing work, will be seconded by some hundreds of good subscribers, 

 who will both read and pay. 



Passus graviora, iniseris succurrere disco. 

 Each number contains twenty four pages, quarto, with double col- 

 umns, equal to fifty common 8vo. pages, and " two beautifully color- 

 ed plates of birds and quadrupeds, drawn from nature, and executed 

 in the best style, with a perfect history of each object so represented, 

 with the addition of many interesting anecdotes." — Ed. 



Terms. — Eight dollars per annum, payable in advance, to J. &; T. 

 Doughty, No. 80, Walnut street, Philadelphia. 



7. Manufacture of Telescopes, ^c. — Mr. Amasa Holcomb, of 

 Southwickj Massachusetts, manufactures spy glasses of every descrip- 

 tion now in use ; also, achromatic telescopes of forty eight inches 

 focal length, which will give a distinct view of Jupiter's belts, and of 

 the eclipses of his satellites, as well as of the principal double stars. 

 He makes also reflecting telescopes of from eight to twelve feet focal 

 length. These are made on Herschell's plan only, and will perform 

 more than those of the refracting kind, but are not as durable and, 

 in some respects, not as convenient. Any of the above instruments 

 will be made to order, and warranted to perform more than the im- 

 ported instruments of the same prices. Prof. Olmsted, of Yale Col- 

 lege, after some examination of one of Mr. Holcomb's telescopes, 

 permits his name to be referred to, and has communicated to the edi- 

 tor his favorable opinion of the work. 



It gives us pleasure to aid in making known an artist, self taught, 

 and as, we believe, worthy of patronage and encouragement. 



Southwick is in Hampden county, upon the (^onnecticut line, and 

 is one of the towns intersected by the New Haven, Farmington, and 

 Northampton Canal. It is five miles distant from Westfield, and 

 twenty two miles from Northampton. 



8. Phosphate of Lime in Edoiville, JV. Y. — In the month of Au- 

 gust last, I discovered a locality three fourths of a mile west of this 



