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MISCELLANEA. 
diligence horse was awarded to Madame de Cibois, of Clair- 
fontaine. 
A prize was given to M. Gamier, of Plenet, for the skilful 
manner in which he had recovered some waste land ; and 
honourable mention was made of MM. Leroi, d’Ablis, and 
Isambert of Mery, for their scientific mode of conducting their 
farms. 
On the 16th of June a sale of sheep and wool belonging to the 
king’s flock of merinos took place at Rambouillet. The wool 
was not sold, for no greater price than 2f. 50c. per kilogramme* 
was offered for the ewes’ wool, and 2f. 80c. for lambs’ wool ; 
nevertheless, wools far inferior have lately been sold at a supe- 
rior price at other markets. 
Fifty rams were then sold in separate lots. No. 40, that of 
the highest price, 2687f. 50c. (£111..19s..7d.) including the 
expences of sale, was bought by M. Symphal, of the department 
de l’Aisne ; No. 30 was sold for 2150f. (£89.. Lls..8d.) ; No. 9, 
for 1827f. 50c. (£7G..2s..lld.) ; and No. 44 for 1290f. (£58..15s.). 
The lowest price was 274<f. (£11. .9s.), and the average price 
594f. 36c. (£24..15s..4d.). A dozen ewes were sold at 75f. 
25c. (£3..2..6d.) each, and 58 others in one lot at 3117f. 50c. 
(£i29..17s..5d.) 
Thirty rams and sixty ewes of the Romney marsh and the 
Dishley breed have been lately purchased in England, imported 
into the department of Pas de Calais, and distributed among 
the farmers. These wall much ameliorate the native breed, 
and increase the quantity of superior long wool, the use of which 
is every day becoming more extensive in France. Government 
should not be inattentive to this. 
Phenician Superstitions. 
That in early times there was considerable commercial inter- 
course between the Phenicians and the inhabitants of Britain 
is a matter of history. The greater part of the lead and tin used 
in the eastern world was procured from the British islands ; but 
no record speaks of the article that was given in barter. Several 
of the superstitions of Phenician origin, until very lately, were to 
be traced, or even still exist, and one of them is not foreign to the 
object of this periodical — the preservation of our domestic slaves. 
<e Belus, or Bel or Baal, the son of Nimrod, was deified soon 
after his decease, and was worshipped with various superstitious 
rites. Fires were kindled in honour of him, human beings were 
*’ The French kilogramme is equivalent to 21b. 3oz. 5dr. of English weight. 
