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coafts, and in the rivers of Great Britain, 
many fituations, in which, in a-variety of 
eafily f{uppofable circumftances, the ufe 
of fuch mills might be, with great advan- 
tages, adopted. 
In long voyages, grain more prefervable 
than bifcuit might be rather taken 
among the fea-ftores, and with it, the ma- 
chinery of fecha myll as Mr. Hawkins’s ; 
which the carpenter could eafily fet up, oc- 
cafionally, in a fuitable boat, te furnith 
frefh flour, bread, &c. for the fhip’s 
‘CYrEeWs 
ae , 
MR. EDWARD, WALKER’S (of Rathbone- 
place, Mary-le-bonue; Middlefex) Ppa- 
TENT for @ PORTABLE STOVE, or 
KITCHEN, for drejing Vidiuals. 
Mr. WatLkeER’s portable kitchen is a 
conftruétion of caft or wrought iron, ina 
fquare or oblong-fquare form, 1t has, 
at the middle of its front, a fire-place, 
with an afh-pit beneath, and for the con- 
veyance of the fmoke, a‘ furnel ‘above. 
A door fhuts up the fire, while the kitchen 
is in ule. Inaclofet on ‘one fide of the 
fire, is a convenience for roafiing meat, 
confifting of two fpits, swith racks, &c. 
On the oppofite fide of the fire is another 
clofet, for baking. The cover or top of 
this apparatus may be ufedas a broiling 
plate, ‘or may fuftain a pot or kettle for 
boiling. The whole apparatus is clole 
en alliides. Ateach end is a door for 
Extraéis from ihe Pori-falio of a Man of Letters. ff Nov. 1; 
sy Mo a 
the admiffion and removal of the bread 
» ! The. 
ips are turned by a {moke-jack which is 
and meat to be baked or roafted. 
xed in the funnel. : 
For camps, barracks, hunting excur- 
fions, and every o¢cafion ia which meat is 
not to be had otherwiicthan cold or drefled 
in the Open air, or in huts dirty to loath- 
fomenefs, the ufe of fuch a kitchén as 
this muft be highly eligible. Pity but it 
could be made of lighter materials, fo as 
to be more eafily portable in travelling. 
It would be exceedingly ferviecable to 
perfons journeying through Spain or Por- 
tugal, or in the wilds of America. 
a 
MR. THOMAS GERMAN’S PATENT for a 
new Method of EFFECTING, the ROTA- 
TORY MOVEMENT of WHEELED CAR= 
RIAGES.., | 
Mr. GERMAN’s contrivance confifts 
{imply in the adaptation of caftsrs moving 
round fledges to perform for all wheeled 
carriages, thofe movements which are ef- 
feed by their prefest wheels. He took 
thé hint of the invention from confidering 
the motions of veffels on the particles of 
water over which they float. Heis yet to 
ceive ‘corrections and elucidations of the 
{pecification of his patent, after exami- 
ning which, we hall be enabled further to 
gratify public curiofity refpetting a cone 
trivance fo ingenious, es 
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‘Exiradis from tbe Portfolio of a Man of Letters. 
Cie OAS oe eel 
DR. YOUNG. 
HE following are-extra&s from let- 
ters to Dr. Birch, by the curate 
and executor of Dr. Young. Although 
not very important, they give fome notices 
of his domeftic life, which merit preferva- 
tion, and thew that a poet is not. always 
the moft prudent matter, Some particu- 
Jars throw a favourable light on the cha- 
racter of his fon, who probably. was not 
that gay and diffipated Lothario whom his 
father addvefied ; and indeed nothing 1s 
more common and unjuft than applying 
in fofo to individuals, characters employed 
by 2 poet or novelif. The narrative of 
fome of the lat moments of Young.is au- 
thentic and interefting. 
To Doétor Birch. 
<eStR) Weilwwyn, Sept. 4, 1762. 
My ancient gentleman here is fill full 
of trouble, which moves my concern, 
though it moves only the fecret laughter of 
many; and fome untoward furmifes in 
disfavour of him and his houfebold. The 
lofs.of a very large fum of money is talk- 
ed of, whereof this village and neighbour 
heod is full. Some difbelieve; others 
fay it is no wonder, where about eighteen 
or more fervants are fometimes taken and 
difmiffed in the courfe of a year... The 
gentleman himfelf is ailowed by all to be 
far more harmleis and eafy in his family, 
than fome one elfe who hath too much the 
lead in it, ‘This, among many others, 
was one reafon for my jate motion to quit. — 
‘* Joun Jones, his Curate.” 
© Wellwuyna, April 2, 17656 
As foon as I got home, I enquired after 
Dr. Young, and found that he had gone 
through very great pains fince the time 
_ when I had left him, and. he pains return 
pretty frequently. Dr. Cotton, of St.Al- 
bans, and Dr. Yates, of Hertford; meet at 
4. Co bes 
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