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pitals, but alfo in private families in Paris, 
where no doubt it will foon become gene- 
rai. At Boulogne the Cow-pox inocula- 
tion has beencontinued by Dr. Nowell, who 
lately tranfmitted to Paris a report of the 
numbers to whom he had communicated 
the infe&tion. With the vaccine matter 
which Dr. Pearson fent to Paris, thirty 
children had been inoculated, of whom ten 
took the difeafe; from thefe ten, only five 
others were infe&ted, when all further at- 
tempts to propagate the Cow-pox entirely 
failed, and the matter was Soft feveral 
weeks ‘before Dr. Woodville’s arrival at 
Paris, 
The late Dr. Kinxuann has left a va- 
luable manulfcript, comprifing his third 
volume of Medical Surgery, which is in- 
tended to be publithed by his fon, Mr. J. 
Kirkland, who practiles as a furgecn at 
Athby de la Zouch. 
Dr. Wituan will fpeedily publith 
Obfervations on the Difeafes of London, 
during the years 1796, 7, 8, 9, and part 
of 1800, accompanied with Meteorological. 
‘Tables, and witha great variety of prac- 
tical and important information. 
Mr. PLayrFarr, the prefent profeffor 
of mathematics in the Univerfity of Edin- 
burgh, is underftood to be engaged in the 
compotition of.a Hiftory of Natural Philo- 
fophy, on a plan fomewhat fimilar to that 
of Baillie’s Hiftory of aftronomy, and of 
Montucla’s Hiftory of Mathematics. 
Dr. Bussy, whofe talents as a mufical 
compofer, have received the unanimous 
fuffrages of the moft enlightened Englith 
audiences, has undertaken to conduct A 
Monthly Mufical Journal, which is to con- 
tain all the moft favourite mufic, as it av- 
pears, of Germany, Italy, and France, and 
original compofitions, partly his own, and 
partly thole of the moft eminent living 
Englifh compofers. 
A very interefting Journey from Edin- 
burgh through parts of North Britain, con- 
tainmg remarks on Scottifh land{cape, 
ob{ervations on rural economy, &c. &c. 
embellifhed with upwards of fifty beautiful 
views, in aquatinta, will make its appear- 
ance in London early in the winter. 
The Nautilus, Captain BisHop, lately 
on her paflage from New South Wales to 
China, difcovered between 50 min. and 
14 deg. South latitude, and i75-and 176 
Eaft longitude, a group of populous 
iflands, to which he gave the name of 
Kingfmill Group. We underftand they 
wiil be accurately laid down in Mr. Ar- 
ROWSMITH’s new Map of Afia. 
The firait which feparates Van Diemen’s 
. Ifland from the main land of New Hol- 
‘ 
and (noticed in our lalt) was difcovened, 
we underftand, by Lieutenant FLINDERs, 
and has been called Baffe’s Strait. 
Mr. J. M. MorratrT has circulated 
propofals for publifhing a hiftory of the 
town: of Malmefbury, and of its ancient 
abbey, the remains of whichare ftill ufed 
as a parifh church; with biographical 
memoirs of eminent natives. 
Lord SOMERVILLE has lately found 
that the excellence of the quality of Spanith 
Wool is in part owing to the effects of 
a fort of calcareo-filiceous earth, mixed 
with argile, with which, inftead of our 
tar, the Spanifh fhepherds are accuftomed, 
at certain times, to rub their fheep very 
plentifully. 
The Farming Society, which Sir Joun 
SincxLair had, laft winter, the merit of 
forming in London, will renew its meet- 
ings early in the enfuing winter. It is 
believed, that the utility of fuch an infti- 
tution will then be fo much more evident 
in confequence of the prefent fcarcity and 
high price of provifions, as to produce the 
utmoft alacrity in all parties, to afift in 
carrying its beneficent plans into imme- 
diate execution. 
One of the moft curious and ufeful feries 
of chemical experiments, which have been 
Jately made, is that analyfis of {ponges, 
madrepores, &c. the procefs and refults of 
which Mr. HarcuerT lately, communi- 
cated to the Royal Society, in a paper, of 
which.a few copies have been feparately 
printed, for the gratification of his friends. 
Mr. ParKINsON, author of the Che- 
mical Pocket Book, Medical Admoni- 
tions, &c. intends to publifh, at the 
meeting of the claffes of the different lec- 
tures, .an effay on Medical and Chirurgi- 
cal Education, to be intitled, THe Pu- 
PIL, which is propofed to contain, 1, 
Remarks on the qualifications required for 
thofe intended for medical ftudents. 2, 
A mode of education propofed, inftead of 
that by apprenticefhip. 3, Hints ad- 
dreffed to hofpital pupils. 
vice to young men on their firft eftablifh- 
ment in the profeffion. 
A new edition. of Mr. BUTLER’s much 
approved Exercifes on the Globes, will be 
ready for fale in the courfe of O&tober. 
A. pofthumous publication of the cele- 
brated Madame RoLaNp, author of an 
Appeal to Pofterity, has lately appeared. 
at Paris, edited by L. A. CuyamPpac- 
NEUX: it confifts of her travels in Eng- 
land, Switzerland, &c. and thoughts on a 
great variety of fubjects. An Englifh. 
tranflation, we are informed, is ready for 
publication. 
Mr. Housman’s. Topography is 
nearly ready for publication ; printed in 
Liz aa 
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