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pilio Cardui, took place at the end of March, 1826, in the 

 neighborhood of Turin. On leaving Turin, they took a di- 

 rection en masse, from south to north. Where there were 

 any flowers, the air was filled with them, and in the evening 

 the plants were covered. They were the most numerous on 

 the 29th of March, and were seen in great numbers on many 

 successive days, After that their numbers sensibly diminish- 

 ed, but some remained even till June. 



This beautiful butterfly, without being rare, is not common 

 in our country, but possessing a knowledge of these facts, I 

 have this year observed with astonishment, an incredible 

 number of insects in the districts of Grandson and Yverdon, 

 and what is more singular, is, that this is not the usual time 

 of their appearing, which is the end of summer or autumn. 



I have found a great number also at the foot of the moun- 

 tains, and even upon the Jura, where their brilliancy contri- 

 buted much to the embellishment of nature. — Bib. Univ. 

 Aoust, 1827. 



29. Rewards of Science. — The Academy of Sciences at 

 Paris, have granted from the funds left for that purpose by 

 the Baron Moutyon, the following prizes : — 



To Pelletier and Caventou, to whom the healing art is in- 

 debted for the discovery of Sulphate of Quinine ; 1 0,000 

 francs. 



To M. Civiale, as having first practised on the living sub- 

 ject, lithotrity, and for having operated with success, by this 

 method on many calculous patients ; 10,000 francs. 



For the second edition of the work of M. Laennec, enti- 

 tled ; De 1' Auscultation mediate ; 5.000 francs. 



To M. Le Roi d 1 Etioles, for his exposition of the vari- 

 ous methods employed for curing the stone without recourse 

 to the operation of cutting ; 2,000 francs. 



To M. Henri (Ossian,) for having perfected the art of ex- 

 tracting Sulphate of Quinine, and much lessened the com- 

 mercial value of that salt ; 2,000 francs. 



To M. Rostan, for the work entitled, Cours de Medecine 

 Clinique ; 1 ,500 francs. 



To M. Gendrin, for his Histoire anatomique des inflamma- 

 tions ; 1,500 francs. 



To M. Bretonneau, for his Traite des Inflammations spe- 

 ciales du tissu muqueux ; 1 ,500 francs. 



To M. Ollivier d' Angers, for his Traite de la Moelle 

 epiniere et de ses maladies ; 1,500 francs. 



