General Science. 
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Once I was ponducted through a passage no wider than that of 
the body, and choked with mummies, and I could not pass 
without putting my face in contact with some decaying Egyp- 
tian ; but as the passage inclined downwards, my own weight 
helped me on ; however, I coiild not avoid being covered with 
bones, legs, arms, and heads rolling from above* Thiis, I pro- 
ceeded from one cave to another, all full of mummies, piled up 
in various ways, some standing, some lying, and some on their 
heads.” Narrative of Operations and Discoveries in Egypfy 
p. 156. 
52. Antidotes against Poisons. — M. Drapiez has found, that 
the fruit of the Feiiillea cordifolia^ is a powerful antidote against 
vegetable poisons. Dr Chisholm has mentioned, that the juice 
of the sugar-cane is the best antidote against arsenic* 
53. Expeditions to the Frozen Ocean. — The patriotic Coun t 
Romanzow has again fitted out two new expeditions for the dis- 
covery and investigation of unknown countries. One of the ex- 
peditions is to endeavour to travel along the solid ice on the 
coast of Tschutksi from Asia to America; the other to ascend 
one of the rivers in the north-west coast, in order to penetrate 
the unknown space which is between Icy Cape and Macken- 
zie’s River. 
54. State of the Ice off the East Coast of West Greenland 
in Simmer 1820, as observed bp Captain Scoresby. — “ The 
polar ice retains a position very similar to what it has pre- 
sented during the last three summers ; excepting, that in 
the parallels of 78°~79°, such a quantity of open ice has in- 
truded, as to form a chain of connection between the main 
western body and the west coast of Spitzbergen. This state 
of the ice occurred in June. The western body was some- 
what open to the southward of Lat. 76°, so that I was enabled 
to penetrate fifty or sixty miles, until the coast of Greenland 
was seen bold from the deck. We took the ice,” in Lat. 74°, 
and obtained a clear view of the coast, sixty miles in extent, on 
the 18th of July, our Lat. being 71° 20', Long. 17° 32' W. 
In this parallel, the longitude of the land is 19° 42' W., as de- 
termined by chronometer, corrected by lunar observation, and 
