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greatly. Thus alfo, on the other hand, goats 

 will riot and fatten on the Meadow Sweet, (Fili- 

 pendula Ulmaria), whilll hoi'-fes, and horned cattle 

 efpecially when they are young, will not touch it. 



The fecond pare abounds with curious obferva- 

 tions concerning the economy of domedicated ani- 

 mals ; in treating on which he points out both the 

 moft nutritive and noxious herbs to eacli fpecies ; 

 defcending afterwards to domeftic fowls, and the 

 inferior parts of the animal creation, which are 

 more particularly the objects of hufbandmen. A 

 plate is added, on which is engraven, together 

 with a rare fpecies of Heni?ane, the J^<:ea Cimici' 

 fuga^ Sp. PI, 722, famous in Ruffia and Tartary^ 

 beyond all other things, for expelling bugs, and 

 fome other noxious infects. 



148. Necessitas Historic Natur^lis Rossis/ 

 A. Tie Kar amy f chew, iy66. 



This paper is alfo written by a Rujfian noble- 

 man, and is intended to excite his countrymen to. 

 a diligent cultivation of the ftudy of natural hif- 

 tory, as a fcience eminently beneficial to a rifing 

 people. To this purpofe he endeavours to raife 

 their emulation, by fliewing the progrefs it 'has 

 made in the eailern nations of Europe^ difplaying 

 its beneficial influences ; and by exhibiting the 

 vail field which the empire of Ruffia affords. He 

 then gives fome biographical anecdotes of thofe 

 who have improved the natural hiftory of that 

 country, under the patronage and command of 

 jheir fovereigns, from the time of Peter the Firft. 



