DISSERTATION ON THE ATMOSPHERE. 
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are supported upon the fragments of an antique column. 
Near his knee are engraved the serpent and cup. Finally, 
below the books, and upon the side of this column, lies un- 
folded a roll of paper, upon which is seen the figure of a cow, 
the first cause of his discovery. A subscription is opened 
at the house of M. Gossart, notary, 217, Rue St. Honore, to 
defray the expenses of a statue to be erected at Boulogne- 
sur-Mer, where the first children were vaccinated. 
SUPPLY OP HOUSES FOR THE INDIAN ARMY. 
Horses for India are being daily sent from the Cape of 
Good Hope. Colonel Apperley, Mr. Rogers, M.R.C.V.S., 
and those employed with them, do all in their power to pro- 
cure the best horses. Some very fine animals have conse- 
quently been sent off. The Mystery embarked in Table Bay 
125 horses, and left for India on the 19th of January. The 
Ville de Metz, a French ship, embarked at Port Elizabeth 
90 horses for the Indian service, and proceeded to India on 
Thursday morning, January 21. The Latona, Granville, 
Johanna Stoll, and Viscount Canning, now lying in Table 
Bay, are being fitted for the reception of horses, and will 
shortly leave for India with further supplies. 
Extracts from British and Foreign Journals. 
DISSERTATION ON THE ATMOSPHERE CONSIDERED IN 
ITS CHEMICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, AND METEOROLOGICAL 
RELATIONS. 
By Mr. R. West Pearson. 
( Continued from page 167.) 
The peculiar and, when rightly viewed, strange faculty by 
which atmospheric oxygen is enabled to combine with 
carbon, &c., is brought into new requisition, and acts with 
results exactly the same that attend its activity during life. 
That is, carbonic acid and water are eliminated. But a new 
factor enters into the list of derived products, and we find 
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