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tally exhaufted. From the firft com- 
mencement of his illnefs, Tiffot defpaired . 
of his recovery. His fpivits appeared to 
be confiderably depreffed by the dying 
words of a child, whom he-had attended 
during the fmall-pex, and who faid to 
him, very emphatically, “ in feven years 
you will follow me.” Thefe words of a 
child, te whom he was ftrongly attached, 
Tiffot could not be diffuaded from re- 
garding as a prediction of his death. He 
died in the joth year of his age. 
_ The Society of Medicine in Paris, 
have propofed the following prize fub- 
je&t, for the public fefRens in May, 1798; 
‘s What are the advantages and inconve- 
niencies of the different methods of 
treating the Aneurifm ?’” The effays to 
be delivered, at the lateft, on the 2rft of 
March, 1798. 
_ The fame fociety have fixed upon the 
following queftion, for a prize effay in 
the public fetiions of November, 1798 ; 
« To determine the nature of the lymph; 
its ufe in the animal economy, and the 
advantage which the fcience of medi- 
cine has reaped, and may farther reap, 
from the difcoveries of the moderns, with 
‘refpe& to the ftructure and functions of 
the lymphatic fyftem >’ The different 
effays to be fent, at the lateft, by the 22d 
of September, 1798. 
The myxiné glutinofa, which Linneus 
miftook For a worm, appears from the 
obfervations communicated to the Na- 
tional Inftirute, by Dr. Brocn, of Ber- 
lin, author of a Complete Syftem of Ich- 
thyology, who has given it the name 
ef .Gafirobranchus, to be a true fifh, 
bordering nearly upon the genus of lam- 
prey, both in external form and internal 
organization. Exclufive of fhape. it ap- 
proximates very clolely to the sromyzon 
éransbialis, by itshabitade of cleaving to 
the bodies of other fithes, and fucking 
them like a leach: it differs, however, 
from the latter, by having only fix holes, 
which ferve in the ftead of gilis. whereas 
the lamprey*has none. It has likewife 
ao eyes, from which circumiftsnce Dr. 
Bloch charaéterizes it-by the appellation 
of Ceécus. / 
~-The Poeticaband Literary Society-of 
Amfterdam, held their annual pyblic def> 
fions the gth of laft May. An interctft- 
ing fpecimen of Indian * kterature was 
received with diftinguifhed applaute, 
confifting of a tranilation of felect pal- 
fages from two epic poems, written ori- 
gimally in the Sanferit language, under 
the title of Mababbaras and Rarmuyca, 
* Hinde , 
Domefiie Literary and Scientific Intelligence. 
[Dec P 
The ingenious tranflator, JacoB Har- 
NER, Maintains, that the Batavians are 
at. prefent, better verfed in the know- 
ledge of Hindoo literature than the Eng- 
lifh, and more competent to introduce 
the works of the Endian bards to the no- 
tice of Europe. . 
The fame fociety propofes to beftow, 
on the firft of February, 1798, a prize 
on the beft effay on the following quef- 
tion ; * What are the effential. charac- 
teriftics of defcriptive poetry? In how 
far have the Dutch fucceeded in this par- 
ticular branch, in the numerous cata- 
logue of their poems, confecrated to the 
praife of the different diftriéts of their 
country ; the principal rivers which in- 
terfeét it, or the moft flourifhing and 
fertile of their provinces ?_ And what is 
their fpecial and particular merit, in this 
refpeét, compared with other coun- 
tries ?”’ On the firft of February, :799, 
the prize will be adjudged to the bef 
eflay on the queftion ; ‘* In how far is 
the practice of tranflating and imitating ~ 
foreign poets, ufeful or injurious to the — 
progrefs of national poetry ? And which 
is the beft method for promoting this 
{pirit of emulation, if falutary, or,in a con- 
trary cafe, of counteracting its inconveni- ~ 
encies ?”” 
Monfieur Moucson, the author ef 
the Ladle analytique S raifonge del Ency- 
clopédie, died lately, univerfally regretted 
and efteemed, at Geneva. Few men 
have enjoyed a more eftablifhed and de- 
{erved reputation. His amiable and con- 
cillating manners endeared !him to. all 
who had the honour of his acquaintance, 
whilft the extent of his Knowiedge and 
hterary acquirements rendered his friend- 
fhip highly valuable. Asa clergyman, 
he poifefled extraordinary talents. Pro- 
pofals, accompanied with a pro/pedc?us, have. 
been recently publifhed and circulated 
in Geneva, for printing, by fubfcription, 
two. oétave volumes of Seleé&t Sermons 
by the above gentleman, which are 
{poken of with great applaufe. | 
APCLLOs KIGNSEEY, a citizen. .cf 
Harford, a town in North America, has 
invented a very ingenious printing préfs, 
by means of which the inkis diftributed 
on the form, and communicated to the 
paper, with fuch celerity, that a fingle 
prefiman can take off 2000 tmpreffions in 
an hour. With the ordinary prefs, it isa 
a difhcult tafk for two good workmen to 
pull 250 impreflions in the fame period: 
Kingfley’s prefs. prints two: complete 
fieets at one time. 
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