'^1)2 Scientific Intelligence, 
lume of plates, is just finished, and a copy has reached us, but 
too late for any further notice at present. 
35. Lampadius on Metallurgy. — The extensive work on me- 
tallurgy by Lampadius of Freyberg is finished, It is very 
much to be regretted, that hitherto no good work on this sub- 
ject has appeared in Great Britain, which may be consider- 
ed as one of the first mining countries in the world. We would 
■recommend the compilation and arrangement of such a work for 
this country ; and are confident, that, if executed with judg-^ 
ment, it would be productive of very beneficial effects in our 
different mining districts. It is also very remarkable, that we 
do not possess any English work of authority on the principles 
and practice of mining, although on the Continent there are 
many good works of this description. 
36*. Submarine Volcano near Shetland. — The late Rev, George 
Low, author of the Fauna Orcadensis, in a tour through the 
Shetland Islands during the summer of 1774 (the MS. of whicl> 
is in the possession of Dr Hibbert), collected some curious in- 
formation from the Island of Fetlar, which appears to have 
fixed the site of a submarine volcano at no great distance from 
the British Isles. The late Andrew Bruce, Esq, of Urie, in a 
statistical account of the island, communicated to Mr Low, 
says, ‘‘ In 1768, we had the visible signs of a submarine shock, 
which threw ashore vast quantities of shell-fish of diff'e^ent kinds, 
and of all sizes, with conger eels, and other sorts of fish, but all 
dead ; at tlie same time, the sea, for several miles round, was 
of a dark muddy colour for several days after.” 
In relation to the same event, the late Mr Gordon, then mi- 
nister of the Island of Fetlar, reports : “ Some years ago, there 
was a marine eruption, or some such phenomenon, which we 
could not account for in any other way. There was a vast 
quantity of sea fish driven ashore of various kinds, and many 
that had never made their appearance on this coast before. 
Conger eels above seven feet long, but all dead. The water in 
the bays was so black and muddy for eight days after, that 
when our fishermen were hauling haddocks or any small fisb, 
they could never discern the fish until hauled out of the water.” 
ZOOLOGY. 
57. Comparison of the Skull of an ancient Greek and of a 
Bctecudo cannibal. — It is well known, that the celebrated Pro- 
fessor of JVatural History at Gottingen, Blumenbach, has era- 
