As to the means to be ufed for coun- 
teracting the effe&t of the fcarcity, the 
only method in the powers of individu- 
als appears to be, the adoption of fubfti- 
tutes, and the moft rigid economy in the 
ufe of flour. 
1 have thus endeavoured, from ‘abfo- 
lute fa@s and cbfervations, to account 
for an evil which we all feel but too fe- 
verely; and I have alfo endeavoured to 
refcue the character of a very ufeful clafs 
of men, from fome of the blame which 
the mifinformed or the defigning would 
caft upon them. I have orly to add 
that, though my obfervation has been 
confined to my more immediate neigh- 
bourhood, yet, from all I have been able 
to learn, what I have ftated will be found 
to be the cafe in moft of the ftrong, and 
in general beft wheat lands in the king- 
dom. 
Bedfordpire, 
Det. 1, 1800. 
Iam, &c. 
(oer. 

To the Editor of the donthly dagazine. 
Sir, 
N the fecond edition of Dr. Maclaine’s 
Tranflation of Mefheim’s Ecclefiafti- 
cal Hiftory, at p. 414. of the 2d vol. in 
the nete y, the tranilator makes mention 
of a work which I fhould be glad to pur- 
chafe, if, through the medium of your 
inftru@tive publication, any gentleman 
would kindly inform me how to procure 
ite . 
The work is entitled, “ Ordres Mo- 
naftiques, Hiftcire extraite de tous les 
Auteurs, qui ont confervé a la Pofterité 
ce q’il y a de plus curieux dans chaque or- 
dre, enrichie d’un trés grand Nombre de 
Paffages des mémes; pour fervir de de- 
monftration, que ce qu’on y avance eft 
egalement veritable et curieux.” After 
having given this long title page, the 
tranflator thus goes on in his note—“ ‘This 
work, which was firft printed in Paris, in 
1751, under the title of Berlin, and which 
was fupprefled almoft as foon as it.ap- 
peared, is written with great wit, elo- 
cuence, and learning, and all the narra- 
tions it contains are confirmed by cita- 
tions from the moft eminent authors, who 
have given accounts of the religious or- 
ders. The author’s defign feems to have 
been to exyofe the monks of every de- 
nomination to the lavghter of lis readers; 
and ic is very remarkable that in the ex- 
ecution of his purpofe he has drawn his 
materials from the graveft authors, and 
from the moft zealous defenders of mo- 
nachifm. If he has embellifhed his fub- 
ject, it is by the vivacity of his manner, 
and the witty elegance of his ftyle, and 
net. by laying to she charge cf the mo- 
Note of Dr. Maclaine’s—Metallic Tea-pots. 
[ Jan. 1y 
naftic communities any practices, which 
their moft fericus hiftorians omit, or dif- 
avow. The authors of the Bibliotheque 
des Sciences et de Beaux Arts, at the 
Hague, have given feveral interefting 
extracts of this work, in the fecond, third, 
fourth, and fifth volumes of that literary 
journal.” . 
If you will have the goodnefs to infert 
this in fome early number of your ufeful 
and entertaining Mifcellany, you would 
much oblige, 
Oxford, Your’s, &c. 
Nov. 10, 1800. ACADEMICUS. 
P.S. Suppofing you could procure a 
copy of this work, wouid not a tranfla~ 
tion of it into Englifh, faithfully exe- 
cuted, have a prodigious fale in Great 
Britain? 
To the Editor of the Monthly erecta 
Sir, 
HAVE frequently, as well as your 
correfpondent Onyx Hoile, heard the 
obfervation of the ladies, that metallic 
tea pots “ grew better” than thofe made 
of earthen-ware or china; I do not, how- 
ever, believe with him, that it is found- 
ed, and think I can fhew, from fair de- 
duction, that it is impeffible it thould be 
fo. 
I fuppofe it will be granted, that the 
extractive matter of the tea is more rea= 
dily diffolved in proportion as the water 
is hotter ; and-that metals are much rea- 
dier conductors of heat than earthen ware 
or china is; if thefe fa&ts be allowed, 
they are fufficient to overturn the ideas of 
Onyx Hoile, for if the heat which is com- 
municated to the metal by the water pais 
more readily from it than from the 
earthen-ware to the furrounding atmo- 
fphere, then the metallic veffel muit 
fooner receive another portion of heat 
from the water than will be the cafe with 
the earthen-ware veflel, and confequently 
the water in the metallic veffel muft be 
nore cooled in a given time, than the 
water in the earthen veflel; and as this 
deprivation cf heat reduces the solvent 
power of the water, the infufion prepared 
in the metallic veffel muft confequently 
be the weaker; if thefe inferences be juft, 
the recommendation to make mafh tuns, 
&c. of metal inftead of wood muft con- 
fequently be’ difadvantageous. 
For thefe reafons I entirely difbelieve 
that any advantage refults from making 
tea-in a metallic veflel ; if, however, it 
have been accurately determined that the 
contrary is the caie, it is evidently un- 
connected with the different degrees of 
conductive power poliifled by metals, 
wood, or earthen-ware; iome other caufe 
then 
