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his safety, as to venture too near to the edge of a precipice, 

 till an unconscious movement precipitates him fatally to the 

 rocky bottom, or into a watery abyss. This is, (at least 

 figuratively,) fascination, but it is not witchcraft, and it was 

 all that was intended by the case stated by us, in support of 

 the communication on the so called, fascinating power of 

 snakes. — Editor. 



11. — New work on Ichthyology. — Proposals for publishing 

 by subscription, a work on the Fish of North America, with 

 plates, drawn and colored from nature, by C. A. Lesueur. 

 This work will be published at New Harmony, Indiana, in 

 numbers, with four colored plates in each, and the neces- 

 sary letter-press containing the descriptions of the species 

 represented. Twelve numbers will constitute a volume. 

 Messrs. Tiebout, and other artists from Philadelphia, who 

 were there occupied on the " American Entomology," are 

 engaged for this work. Books with colored plates, are gen- 

 erally beyond the reach of persons of limited means ; but it 

 is intended, that the present work shall be adapted to the 

 circumstances of all. The price to subscribers will therefore 

 be forty cents each number. 



Subscriptions for the above work may be sent in to the Ed- 

 itor of this Journal, who will be furnished with copies to sup- 

 ply all the subscribers whose names may be sent to him, and 

 he is authorized to receive the subscription money for the 

 publishers. 



The scientific and graphic skill of Mr. Lesueur are so well 

 known, that any recommendation is superfluous. It must 

 however appear to all persons interested in natural his- 

 tory very desirable to obtain faithful copies from nature, 

 with accurate descriptions for so small a sum, as the expense 

 of colored engravings of natural objects is generally so great 

 that they are beyond the reach of all, except the wealthy. 

 The present work would have cost six times as much in 

 France, and eight times as much in England. 



