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1806, we did frequently see Lieut. Spratt of the Royal 
Navy conversing from the shore, by means of the homo- 
graph invented by him, with Lieut. J. N. Tayler, then 
on board his majesty’s ship the Leopard, lying at Spit- 
head. /Inn Tayler further saith, that she with many 
others saw it used with great success at Teignmouth. 
Witness our hands, Feb. Sd, 1809. 
Mary Tayler, 
Ann Tayler, 
Margaret Spratt. 
This is to certify, that I, George Glanville, Lieut, of 
the Royal Navy, saw Lieut. Spratt, then master’s mate 
of the Defiance, conversing by means of a homograph 
from the ship Defiance, with Lieut. Nicholas on board 
the Malta, six or eight months previous to the Trafalgar 
action, and that they seemed perfectly to understand each 
other by the signals given. 
Witness my hand this 30th day of May, 1809* 
George Glanville, Lieut. R. N* 
No. 49. 
Improvement of JSTooth’s Apparatus ; in a letter from 
Dr. Wilkins of Baltimore , dated August IS, IBIS. 
(With a Plate.)* 
Dear Sir— The use of artificial Mineral Waters hav 
ing become very general in our large cities, both as a me 
dicine and luxury, the inhabitants of smaller places, and 
the country, seem very desirous of having a method of 
preparing them. The costliness of the large apparatus 
5 Devizes, 
Wilts. 
* The plate wUl be given in the next numbe?. 
