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VARIETIES, Lirerary AnD PHILOSOPHICAL. 
Including Notices of Works in Hand, Domeftic and Foreign. : 
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WV * had formerly occafion to notice 
the new inftitution eftablifhed in 
this city, under the patronage of THE 
Kinc, which is incorporated under the 
title of rue Roya. InstiruTion of 
Great Britain. The great object of this 
inititution is to teach the application of 
{cience to the comforts and conveniences of 
mankind ; and, we are happy to find, it is 
an fuch forwardnefs, that Dr. GARNETT, 
the late able profeffor of phyfics and phi- 
Jofophy at Glafgow, who has been ap- 
pointed Profeflor of Natural Philofophy 
and Chemiftry, will be able to open three 
courfes of lectures; one on phyfics, ano- 
ther on chemiftry, and a third on the ap- 
plication of the fciences to the arts and 
manutattures, and the common purpofes 
of life, early in the month of February. 
A. profpedizs of the inftitution 1s, we un- 
derftand, in the prefs, and will very. thort- 
Jy be publifhed. 
We are happy in being able to an- 
mounce, that letters have been received 
from Mr. HorNiemann, the African tra- 
veller.—It will be remembered, that this 
gentleman was in Egypt when Bona- 
PARTE entered Kahira; and he fent home 
his laft difpatches from thence under the 
feal of that Genera].—After leaving that 
country, he proceeded with a caravan to 
Fezzan, which lies weftward of Egypt ; 
and -ixi his way pafied through the Oafis of 
“Ammon, where Mr. BRowwNe had been 
before him’ ‘here he was firiCliy examined 
as tc his bein’ a Frank, and it appears 
that he counterfeited the Muflulman fo 
well, that he was difmified with gifts and 
blefines. From this place he proceeded 
to Mouizouk, the capital of Fezzan, in- 
fending to take the caravans to the fouth- 
ward, with a view to prolecute his o1igi- 
nal defion of exploring the countries bor- 
dering on the Niger; but. being too fare 
for that feafen, he proceeded towards the 
fea coaft, to Tripoli, fram which place he 
dates his letters.. He fays, .bis intention 
is to return to Fezzan, and take the next 
caravan to the fouthward ; and when he 
arrives en the borders of the Niger, to 
ehocle an catterly or wefiurly courfe, as 
¢ircumitances may then dictate. The 
principal difficulty in travetling that coun- 
try is overce.ue in him, as he has adopted 
the habits and manners of the people fo 
well, that be-as taken for 2 Muflulmana 
wherever he goes, and is not even {uf 
pected of being a ftranger amongft them. 
‘This facilitates his progrefs in that country 
very much, and encourages him to purfue his 
intentions with much more confidence and 
eafe. Mr.Hornemann informs us,that every 
merchant and trader with whom he had 
converfed on the fubject, who had travelled 
into the interior and eaftern parts of Afri 
ca, declared (without a fingle exception} 
that the Niger runs into the Nile!!! We 
fhall forbear making any comments on 
this remarkable fact; neverthelefs we would 
wifh to recal to the attention of our read- - 
ers, the effay which we inferted in laft . 
month's Magazine, by Profeflor Heeren, © 
which contamed a tranflation from Hero- 
dotus, fhewing that this opinion was en- 
tertained in his days; and, if it fhould be 
confirmed, will fhew how far the moderns 
are behind the ancients in their knowledge 
of the geography of that country. Since 
thefe letters have been received, Mr. 
Hornemann’sjouszalshave alfocometohand. 
They contain the particulars of his route 
from. Egypt to Tripoli; and are written 
in the German language, Mr. Hornemann 
being a Hanoverian. They are now tran- 
flating ; and when finifhed. will probably 
be laid betore the public. : 
Avery interefting Tour through Greece 
in the Years 1797 and 1798 has juft made 
its appearance at Paris. It was under- 
taken by Stephenopoli the Naturalift, at 
the requeft of Bonaparte, while at the 
head of the viétorious army of Italy, and 
alfo at that.of the Dire€tory, the object of 
both being to afcertain the real {tate of the 
country, and the political difpofitions of 
its inhabitants. Stephenopoli, being him- 
felf a native of Greece (a Mainot) and- 
well acquainted with the modern Greek 
tongue, has enriched the work with a va.. 
riety of new and curious obfervations and 
facts, equally interefting to the antiquari- 
an and politician. ‘An Englifh tranflation - 
is 12 forwardnets. 
Dr. Saunders is preparing for the prefs, 
a Treatife on the Ufe of the Warm and_ 
Coid Bath, and cn the Medical Properties 
of fome of the moft celebrated. Minesal 
Waters, chiefly Britith, as deduced from 
Chemical Analyfis, From the reputation 
and experience of this phyfician, we may 
expect this work to prove highly interelt-. 
ing to the medica! reader. We a 
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