28s. 
together with proper galvanic experi- 
ments, fhew that the fame fubfance ela- 
borated from the aliment by. the brain is 
the caufe of mufcular motion, the nerves 
being the mo&t fenfible ef all eleétro- 
meters. He is 
Galvanifm is at prefent a fubieét of oc- 
eupation of all the German phiiofophers 
and. chemifts. At Vienna an important 
difcovery has been announced—an artif- 
cial magnet, ewployed inftead of Volta’s 
pile, decompofes water equally well as 
that pile, or the electrical machine, whence, 
at has been concluded, that the eleric, 
galvanic, and magnetic fluidg are the 
fame. ak” en . 
Citizen LACEPEDE, Member of the Se- 
Sate, and of the National Inftitute of 
France, has juft publifhed a third volume 
‘ef the Natural Hiftery of Fithes. Ina_ 
difcourfe on the effects of the art of man 
ever the nature of fifhes, he fhews by 
what means human induftry may cbtaia 
from thefe creatures the greateft poffible 
advantage; that they ought to be conf. 
dered as a kind of fecond agriculture ; 
and, by country gentlemen, as new fources 
of wealth and pleafure. He points’ out 
_ various methods of multiplying the indi- 
viduals, and of improving the {pecies, by 
crofing the breed. The author then 
fhews the methods by which the nature of 
fifhes may be improved, viz. by affording 
them plenty of food ; by procuring them 
fhelter and repofe; and by the proper 
choice of males and females for the pro- 
du&ion of the fpecies. This Hiftory is 
thought to be very fuperior to- any thing 
of the kind, of which the world was in 
pofleffion before. | 
The Confuls of the French Republic, 
on the repert of the Minifter of Interior, 
have lately publifhed an arret, declaring 
their intentjon that the memoirs, plans, 
defigns, and, generally, all the refults re- 
lative to the iciences and to the arts, ,ob- 
tained in the courfe of the expedition to 
Egypt, fhall be publifhed at the expence: 
of Government: that the Members of the 
Inftitute of Egypt, and others who co- 
operated in thoie refearches, fhall form a 
union under the Minifter of Interior, and 
fmail be charged with the compilation, di+ 
re&tion, and publication of thofe different 
labours: that the artifis and authors who 
fhall be charged wiih the compilation, 
Shall retain the appointments which they 
enjoyed in Egypt, during the whole time, 
that fhall be judged neceffary to compleat 
their Jabours: that the entire edition fhall 
be fold for the benefit of the authors, and 
the diftribution of the product fhail be 
Literary and Philjfophical Intelligences | 
[ April 1, 
made, agreeably to the refolutions that 
fhall be adopted by the affembly of: artifts © 
and authors themielves: and that the aus 
thors fhall appomt a fecretary-compiler, 
from among their body, for the purpofe 
of compiling. an hiftorical introdp&ion 
neceflary tothe underfianding of the work, 
as likewife for the difpofing of the different © 
parts in a convenient order and arrange- 
meut. Theabove arref alludes to the de- 
fign of pubjifking if a fingle work the re- 
fults of all the obfervations madé by the 
Infitute of Egypt and others relative to 
the antiquities of that country, the man- 
ners, the induftry, the government of 
the inhabitants, the natural produdtions ; 
as likewife the confiderable colle&iorts | 
made of minerals, vlants, infeéts, fifhes, 
birds; plans and defigns of architeéture, 
perfpeCive views and exaét copies of the 
bas-relicfs which decorate the ancient edi- 
fices; including hkewife a pretty large j 
quantity of engraved ftones, medals, va- 
luable manu{cripts, and various other ob- 
jects of art and of antiquity.| The re- 
port prefented to the Confuls, by the Mi- 
nifter of Interior, (Paris, 17th Piuvioile) 
details the particulars of the plan which 
it is propofed to adopt, in this attempt té 
propagate a compleat knowledge of the 
country fo obferved, by eltablithing a re- 
ciprocal ‘cependance between the faéts of 
ancient hiftcry of a country, thofe of its 
modern hiftery, and thofe which relate te 
its pretent or a¢tua) flate. This collection 
therefore, according to the laft-mentioned 
report, is intended to comprehend, 1. The 
defcripiion of the monuments, afd me- 
noirs on the antiquities. 2. Memoirs pn . 
modern Egypt. And 3. The hiftory of - 
the animals, of the minerals, and of the 
plants. In the firft part of the work are 
to be placed the relults of the operations 
of levelling or furveying which have been - 
made to determine the refpective fituation 
of the two feas. The defeription of the 
monuments will comprehend the plans of 
the places where they are fituated; views 
of the landicapes and of the monuments, 
taken under different afpects ; plans of the 
edifices elevations,accurate cuts and defigns 
of the architecture, and of the ornaments, 
and thole of the obelifks; memoirs on 
the antiquities and the defigns of the 
aftronomical f{culptures; defigns of the 
moft interefting bas-reliefs, alfo defgns 
of engraved flones, medals, infcriptions, 
and the copies of manuicripts; deferip- 
tions of the burtal-places of the ancient 
Egyptians, and particularly of the 
tombs of the Kings of Thebes; refults 
of the refearches made to learn the 
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