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mild ftimulants, fmall dofes of landanum, 
a moderately cordial regimen with wine, 
the admiffion of pure air, and abftaining 
from all evacuating and debilitating mea- 
fures. The Peruvian bark was always 
found ufelefs or hurtful. We rejoice to 
ee fuch an improvement upon former 
ractice introduced into a country lately 
devoted to old theories. 
The firft volume, and one number of 
the fecond, of the “* Flora Atlantica?’ of 
the celebrated botanift DESFONTAINES, 
are publifhed at Paris. ‘This valuable 
werk is the fruit of a tour made from the 
year 1783 to 1786, along the chain of 
snountains which croffes the ftates of 
‘Funis and Algiers, and extends to the 
kingdom of Morocco. ‘The plants are 
arranged according to the Linnzan fy{- 
tem, and the defcriptions are accompanied 
with decurate plates. 
Snftamce of Improvement. ‘The Spa- 
niards now, when a houfe is on fire, bring 
water before the holy facrament. 
The REPUBLICAN LYCEvumM at Paris 
recommenced its courfes on the rift Fri- 
maire (Nov. 21) with the following claffes 
and profefiors: ‘Technology, Hajeafratz ; 
Phy tee lecenomical Geography, Cogue- 
ésrt; Chemiftry, Fourcroy; Italian lan- 
guage, Boldont; Natural Philofophy, 
Deparcieux; Anatomy and Phyfilogy, 
Sue; Englith language, Roberts; Ger- 
man language, Weifs; Hiltory, Garat; 
Natural Hittory, Alex. Broguiart; Lite- 
yature, Mercier. 
The NATIONAL INSTITUTE of. the 
Ligurian Republic has opened at Genoa. 
it is compofed of 72 members, of whom 
half are refidents, and half are affociates 
living within the republic. There are 
two claffes of fubjeéts treated on: the 
fir, that of the mathematical and phyfi- 
cal f{ciences, fubdivided into three de- 
partments; the fecond, that of philofophy, 
Hrevature, and the fine arts, with the fame 
mumber of fubdivificns. : 
The NATIONAL INSTITUTE of Cairo, 
fermed by the learned men who accom- 
panied BUONAPARTE, is rather a ludi- 
erous than a ferious object in the prefent 
fate of the French affairs in Egypt. 
From the fubjeéts of enquiry propofed by 
the general we may infer an actual or 
mmpending want of feveral of the moft 
neceflary articles for the army. 
The firft and fecond parts of that fplen- 
did work, ‘‘ Voyage pittorefque de la Syrie, 
ae la Phenicte, de la Paleftine, & de la 
Baffe Egypte,” have been delivered to the 
fub{cribers. Each contains fix fine plates, 
the fubjects of which appear to be well 
clyofen. = 
Literary and Philofephical News. 
[Jan. 
A complete and elegant edition of the 
mufical works of Mozart is publifhing by 
BREITKOPF and HERTEL at Leipfic. 
The French botanifts in Egypt have 
had a very poor harveft. The country 
has not yielded them more than twenty 
different {pecies. “he meft extraordinary 
tree there is the wild fig or fycomore, 2 
fingle one of which is fufficient to thade 
feveral peafants huts, as well as the oxen 
employed in working machines for draw - 
ing up water. ‘Thefe huts, however, are 
reprefented as the moft miferable human 
habitations perhaps in the globe: they 
are made of mud, not more than thrée 
feet in height, and their only entrance is a 
round hole of a foot and a half diameter. 
On the evening of December 7, Bou- 
VARD, aftronomer at the obfervatery, dif 
covered a comet in the conftellation of 
Hercules. The next morning, at half 
paft fix, it had 2484 degrees of right 
afcenfion, and 314 of north declination, 
It had advanced 43 minutes per hour to- 
wards the eaft, and 28 towards the fouth. 
It is fmall, and difficult to be feen. Thi¢ 
makes the 89th comet, according to the 
catalogue in LALANDE’s aftronomy. 
A ridiculous duel is faid to have been 
fought in one of the principal German — 
univerfitics between two profeflors, in 
confequence of a difpute on the method 
of obferving a comet. 
The Teplerian Society of Haerlem have 
announced the two loti prize quef- 
tions: ** What are the motives which 
have engaged moft nations to employ the 
metals, efpecially gold and filver, as re-- 
prefentative figns of value and wealth: 
what are the advantages and inconveni- 
ences of this medium of circulation; and 
might not others be ufefully and durably 
fubftituted to it ??°—** What is the in- 
fluence of a republican conftitution on the 
happinefs of a people; and to what de- 
gree is this influence capable of being 
elucidated and demonftrated by examples 
derived from the Greek and Roman re- 
publics ?”” 
Von Troil, archbifhop of Upfal, author 
of the * Letters on Iceland,’ opened a con- 
fiftory in July laft, with a Difcourfe 
¢ Onthe Utility of Controverfies in ‘The- 
ology.’ Probably few heads of eftablifh- 
ed churches in Europe would now chufe 
to meddle with fuch a topic, efpecially 
taking the affirmative fide. 
Foreign journals are full of lifts of 
books, medals, prints, &c. prohibited 
in the dominions of the Emperor of Ger- 
many, the King of Pruffia, and other 
potentates on the continent, Such — 
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