OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 1007 



In the " Ten precepts," attributed to the emperor Young-tching, gambling is forbidden ; and 

 homicide even in a duel, is regarded as deserving death. 



"1723 A. D." (Colden's map, Smith, and Holmes), at Albany, the Nicariagas of Missilimakinak 

 by their own desire, formally received by the " Six nations " as a Seventh confederate tribe. 



"In this year" (J. E. Smith, and Spreng.), Tilli publishing his Cat. hort. Pisan., enumerating 

 Luzula spicata 91, Knautia Propontica 48, Rumex Aegyptiaais 37. f. I, Medeola angustifolia 12. 2, 

 Eugenia uniflora 44, Antirrhinum cirrhosum 38. 2, P elargonium fulgidum 26, Malva Sherardiana 

 35. 2, Phaca G-erardi 14. 1, P. alpina 14. 2, Anthemis alpina 19. I, Centaurea cichoracea, 27, Zamia 

 pungens 45, Acacia pedunculata 1. 2, and Woodivardia radicans? 



" 1724 A. D." (Charlev. ii. 376, and Holmes), hostilities on the Eastern frontier of New England ; 

 the Abenaquis being jealous of the extension of settlements, and favouring French interests through 

 the influence of the Jesuit missionary P. Ralle residing at Norridgwog. After the destruction of the 

 town of Berwick, an expedition was sent against Norridgwog, and during the capture Ralle and " about 

 eighty" natives were slain. He left a manuscript dictionary of the Norridgwog language of "above 

 five hundred " quarto pages, which was deposited in the library of Harvard college. 



" The same year " (Adams, and Holmes), at Ephrata in Pennsylvania, the sect of Dunkers founded 

 by a German colonist. 



"In this year" (Winckl.), Valentyn publishing his account of the East Indies. —The fifth and 

 last volume was issued " in 1726." 



"1725, Jan. 21st" (Pall. trav. iv. 396), a severe earthquake experienced by Messerschmid at 

 Tchitinsk in Siberia, not far from the Selenga. — Returning, Messerschmid wrote the first history of 

 Siberia, died "in 1730," and the plants he collected were published by Io. Ammon. 



"In this year" (Nicol.), Peter the Great succeeded by Catharine; now empress of Russia. 

 "June nth," George succeeded by George II., now king of United Britain. 



"Aug. 20th, 12th of George I." (Hutch, ii. 3, Dougl. i. 380, Brit. emp. 352, and Holmes), date 

 of an explanatory charter, issued on the complaint of governor Shute of Massachusetts against Acts 

 of the Legislature ; relating especially to the " king's woods," the forts, and forces. — The additional 

 charter was accepted on the following " Jan. 15th " by the Massachusetts Legislature. 



"In this year" (Stirling, and W. W. Hunter), Muhammad Taki appointed deputy-governor of 

 Orissa. — His oppressions induced the priests of Jagannath to flee across the Chilka Lake, taking the 

 image with them. 



" In this year " (Spreng.), after his Generat. fung. " in 1714," Ludw. Ferdin. Marsigli publishing 

 his Hist. phys. de la mer. — He died " in 1730." 



Sterculia platanifoHa of the mountains of Yemen. A large tree called there " kulham " (Forsk.); 

 and from transported specimens termed "firmiana" by Marsili — (Pers.), "f. chinensis " by Medicus 

 and " hibiscus simplex " by Linnaeus (Steud.); was cultivated in England in 1757 (Ait.). Eastward, 

 was observed by Clot-Bey in the gardens of Egypt; and by Forskal p. 96, wild among the mountains 

 of Yemen. Is however by Medicus, and Persoon, attributed to China and Japan. 



About this time (Spreng, and Winckl.), Buxbaum visiting Constantinople and Asia Minor as far 

 as Armenia and Iberia, meeting with Salicornia strobilacea cent. i. pi. 10. f. 2, Corispermum pungens 

 iii. "56, Veronica gentianoides i. 35, V. biloba i. 36, V. Orientalis i. 38, V. pectinata i. 39. 1, V. cymb'a- 

 laria i. 39. 2, V. Jiliformis i. 40. I, V. parvifolia i 41. 2, V. peduncularis i. 41. f. I, Ziziphora serpyl- 

 lacea iii. 51. 2, Valeriana alliariaefolia ii. 11, Cyperus hamulosus iv. 60. 1, Aegilops squarrosa i. 50. 

 1, Br07>tus alopecuroides v. 38. 1, B. biennis v. 40. 2, B. lanceolatus v. app. 19, B. confertus iv. 54. 1, 

 Polycnemum oppositifolium i. 31. 1, P. sclerospermum v. 58, P. malacophyllum i. 17. 2, Crucianella 

 mollu nnoides ii. 30. 1, Galium cucullaria i. 19. 2, Symphytum Orientate v. 68, Lycopsis obtusifotia 

 ii. 13. 2, Moltkia coerulea ii. 14, Campanula lamiifolia v. 18, Salsola glauca i. 13, S. rigids i. 14. 1, 

 6". crassa i. 14. 2, S. vermiculala iii. 11. 2, S. /olios a i. 19. 1, Kochia prostrata i. 15, K. hyssopifolia 

 i. 15, K. sedoides iii. 49, Statice acerosa ii. 10, Lintim luteolum v. 59, Evolvulus linifolius ii. 30. 3J 

 Allium Sibericum iv. 45, Asphodelus prolifer ii. 36. 2, Atraphaxis spinosa i. 30, Soph^ra alopecu- 

 roides iii. 46, Ruta villosa ii. 28. 1, Reaumuria hypericoides ii. 35, Saxifraga hederacea ii. 45. 2, 

 Sedum spuriwn v. 61. 2, Silene fimbriata iii. 57, Euphorbia tuberosa ii. 23, E. micrantha ii. 25, Ly- 

 thrum acuminatum i. 47. I, Potentilla pimpinelloides i. 48, Trollius patulus i. 22, Nepeta Mussini 

 iii. 50. I, Marrubiutn Astrakanicum iii. 50. 2, Dracocephalum Altaicum i. 7, Rhinanthus trifidus i. 

 8 Antirrhinum g/aucum iv. 37, Orobanche alba iii. 2, O. coerulea iii. 1. 2, Celsia betonicaefolia i. 21, 

 /satis Armeniaca i. 4, Clypeola lasiocarpa i. 2. 2, Pugionium cornutum i. 9. I, Lepidium vesicarium 

 i. 26 Thlaspi Buxbaumii i. 2. 1, Cheiranthus cuspidalus ii. 33. 1, Hesperis cretacea ii 32. 1, Arabis 

 aspera ii. 33. 2, Raphanus Tauricus iii. 73, Cleotne ornithopodioides i. 9. 2, Erodium oxyrhinchum ii. 

 48. I Polyxala supina iii. 70. 2, P. bracteolata iii. yi, Orobus hirsutus iii. 41, O. sessilifolius ii. 38, 

 Lathyrus incurviis ii. 44, Vicia Bithynica ii. 45. 2, Coronilla Cappadocica ii. 40. 2, Hedysar-um cir- 

 cinuatum ii. 42, Astragalus varius iii. 37, A. brachycarpus iii. 38. 1, A. galegiformis iii. 40, Oxytro- 



