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many forms of conftruétion becomes Waion ; 
as i Wdion (to Goodion) and the like. It is 
a fingular fact likewife, as may be proved by 
hundreds of inftances, that a word of the form 
of Gwdion in the Welth would become Ficn 
im the Irifh: for our initial G becomes F in 
the latter tongue, and our D generally. be- 
comes quiefcent. Here -we recognife the 
celebrated Frow of the Trifh, moulded into 
Fin, by Mr. Macpherfon, reprefenting the 
Goopion of the Cymry, and the WobEn of 
the northern nations, 
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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HE fragment of which Ropert 
Burns faid* **Donocur Heap 
zs not mine: 1 would give ten pounds it 
auere,” was written by a Mr. GEORGE 
PiCKERING, then of Neweaitle uponTyne, 
and who is, I believe, though not there, 
yet living. The amiable, but unfortunate 
Mr. BEDDINGFIELD (whofe poems, fur- 
reptitioufly printed, are known to few, 
but by thofe few admired) was at the 
time his coadjutor and friend. : 
There are, Mr. Editor, feveral gentle- 
men, and among thofe a worthy baronet, 
whofe knowledge and elegant tafte might 
enrich your publication with authentic 
and interefting memoirs of PICKERING 
and of BeppINGFieLp: that tribute, 
due to genius nearly allied to that of 
Burns, cannot, alas! be paid, and 
mutt not be attempted by 
Aug. 10, 1800. ALBOIN. 
=< 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magaxiue. 
SIR, 
MONG the various fources of in- 
telligence your very ufeful Maga- 
zine affords, permit me to inquire of 
your numerous correfpondents, in what 
manner a confumptive patient may _beft 
avail herfelf of the important benefits to 
be derived from the climate of Madeira, 
in that cruel complaint, which feems par- 
ticularly to mark for its prey the moft 
amiable part of the creation. 
This inquiry is doubslefs interetting, 
at a time when the ravages and reftraints 
ot war have clofed every avenue to the 
fouthern parts of France and Italy, and 
when the. inefficiency of the changeable 
* Works of Robert Burns (edited by Dr, 
Currie), vol. iv. p. 175. 
Climate of Madeiram~ Horn for Lanterns, [O&ober 1, 
climate of Lifbon, as a fubftitute, be« | 
comes daily more apparent. ; 
If any of your correfpondents can an« 
{wer thefe inquiries, or communicate any 
further information relative to the ifland of 
Madeira,and its advantages in confumptive 
cafes, he will perhaps effentially benefit a 
clafs of patients hitherto deemed incurable, 
befides contributing to fave the life of the 
particular friend of, Sir, Your's, &c. 
A Constant READER, 

To the Editor of the Monthly Magazines 
SIR, 
HE method of preparing horn. for 
lanterns, in reply to the queftion 
in your laft number, is as follows: The 
horn, in its natural ftate, is roafted over a 
fire compofed of the wooed of. furze (as 
this gives a muci ftrenger heat than the 
prickly branches) ;- when it is fufficiently 
‘warmed fo as to become {oft, it is flit on 
one fide, and {pread open between a pair. 
of flat tongs, large enough to held the 
horn expanded a fecond time over the fire, 
and bring it to a flatnef$; it is then put 
into a prefs made of iron plates, perpendi- 
cularly bearing againft each other; thele 
are heated and greafed, and the horn being 
placed between them, is tightened by 
means of large wedges driven in at-each 
end, or the centre of the prefs. Here they 
remain until properly cooled ; they are 
then put into a veflel filled with water, 
where they fuak until foft enough to be 
pared down to their requifite. thinnefs ; 
this 1s done with a large knife, worked 
horizontally on them, after they are fixed 
on a block, fimilar to that of a feltmon- 
ger’s; and, indeed, the whole operaticn 
cf producing their tranfparency, is juft in 
that manner, after being prepared as above 3 
the polith is given to them by rubbing 
whiting and the coal of burnt willow over 
them with the hand—after being foaked in 
urine, 
The fhavings of the horn are preferved . 
for agricultural purpofes, or for chemical 
Operations, to procure hartfhorn ; and the 
folution of it in the water previous to 
paring it, makes the liquid fo volatile as 
to corrode iron like the vitriolic acid, 
Sir George Staunton, in his ‘* Embaity 
to China,” mentions the Chinefe pre- 
paring their horn for windows, inftead of 
glals, by means of beating it into lamina, 
as gold, &c. is beaten into leaves. Lam, &c. 
Exeter. _M. 
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