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fair object of the poet's pains will be revealed ; a name wbicb tbough 

 far from common is not unfamiliar to Canadian ears, nor without its 

 memorial amongst ourselves. After all, however, it is on his " Kaven" 

 that Foe's fame as a poet will rest, and its strange odd mingling 

 of morbid and beautiful fancies with the luscious surfeitings 

 of rhyme, will long attract and repel the reluctantly admiring 

 reader with its curiously fascinating charms. 



D. W. 



SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY NOTES. 



ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE. 



INTERESTING EXPERIMENT IN STEAM NAVIGATION. 



A trial trip of a steam vessel of an interesting character took place on the river 

 Thames, recently. The Hoyer, a paddle steamer, of nearly 190 tons, and 

 drawing only two feet of water has been constructed to navigate the shallow 

 waters on the west coast of Denmark, between the islands and the mainland. A 

 reference to the map of Denmark will show the peculiar geographical position of 

 this part of the coast. From the river Eider to the Horns reef, a distance of 

 80 miles, it is bounded by a number of islands, varying in size, and situated from 

 three to ten miles from the shore. They are rich in cattle and grain, and inhab- 

 ited by a hardy and industrious race, who, from their peculiar position, enjoy but 

 little communication with the mainland; the space between being composed of a 

 long, low flat (partly dry at low water,) and numerous small and intricate chan- 

 nels, difficult and tedious to navigate. The communication hitherto could be 

 made only in small boats, and during bad weather the inhabitants have been 

 unable, for weeks together, to communicate "with the coast. The Hoyer (so nam- 

 ed after one of the towns) has been constructed to remedy this disadvautnge, and 

 in conjunction with the Royal Danish Railway, to place the inhabitants of these 

 hitherto isolated places in daily communication, not only with the coast, but with 

 the whole North of Europe. From her light draught of water, she will pass eas- 

 ily over the flats at tide time, while her size and strength will enable her to navi- 

 gate the channels, conveying passengers, cattle, and goods with speed and safety. 

 The following are her dimensions: — Length, 120 feet; breath, 18-J feet; depth, 

 7|- feet ; gross tonnage, 190 ; horse power, 40 ; with accommodation for 80 passen- 

 gers and 109 tons of cargo. On her trial trip, with the wind against her, and with 

 so little hold of the water, she averaged 12 miles an hour, with scarcely any per- 

 cep'ible effort or vibration, and fully realised the expectations of her constructors. 



