635 Retrofpedt of French Literature—Voyages and Travelsé 
Prix ro fr. br. et 13 fr. franc de port.” 
—A Treatife on Gouty Difeafes, by P. 
j- Barthez, &c. i 
After giving an account of the diffe- 
rent fpecies of this malady, Dr. Barthez 
difcuffes the nature and the caufes of 
the difeafe,-and prefents the reader 
with his own theory of the gout and 
rheumatifm. In addition to the reme- 
dies recommended, which conftantly 
vary with the ftate of the diforder, Dr. 
Barthez lays down certain doé¢trines, 
the refult cf his prattice, and appears 
to be a great advocate for the blifters 
recommended by Cotugno, in what he 
terms the nervous {ciatica. 
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. 
‘© Voyage, a Madagafcar, 4 Maroc, 
, et aux Indes Orientales, par ALEXIS 
Rocuon, Membre de l’Inftitut. Na- 
tional de France, et de l’Académie de 
Péterfbourg, Paris, 3 vols. in 8vo. ac- 
compagnés de Cartes, Prix 15 fr. 75 
cent.’—-Voyage to Madagafcar, Mo- 
rocco, and the Eaft Indies, by Alexis 
Rochon, &c. ; 
The firft volume of this work ap- 
peared fome years fince, and we were at 
that period gratified by its perufal. 
The preliminary difcourfe gives an ac- 
count of the various eftablifhments 
formed by the French in the ifland of 
Madagafcary which we believe were all 
deftroyed by a fquadron of Englith 
fhips, from the Cape of Good Hope, 
during the late war. The Perfiansand 
modern Arabians recognifed this ifland, 
under the appellation of Sarandib ; the 
Portuguefe term it the Ifle of St. Law- 
rence, and the inhabitants call it Ma- 
decafle. . 
Several curious particulars are men- 
tioned relative to the ifles of France 
and Reunion (formerly called Bour- 
bon) ; and, we are told, that M. Poi- 
vre, while Intendant of the former of 
thefe fettlements, introduced the fpices 
of the Moluccas, which have been fince 
cultivated with fuccefs at Cayenne. 
The fecond volume commences with 
a vocabulary of the Madegache Jan- 
guage; next follows the voyage to 
Morocco, which appertains to the clafs 
of Hiftory rather than that of geogra- 
phy. The reafon affigned for this 
omiffion is, that M. Chenier, the father 
of the celebrated poet of the fame 
name, has already furnifhed the world 
with a large and able work on that 
fubjeg. 
Towards the commencement of the _ 
year 1768, the French Goveriiment 
employed M. Rochon on a miffion to 
the Eaftern feas. The purport of his 
voyage was to examine the ifles, fhoals, 
and rocks, which feparafe the continent 
from the iflands of France and Bour- 
bon. On this occafion, he obtained 
confiderable information, and he here 
points out the beft rautes to be follow- 
ed in a voyage to the Eaft Indies, 
which are different, in conformity to 
the different feafons of the year. 
The third volume contains an ac- 
count of M. Rochon’s voyage with M. 
deKerguelen, during which he was em- 
ployed to make aftronomical obferva- 
tions, on purpofe to afcertain the exaét 
pofition of fuch places as might happen 
to be difcovered. But, it appears, 
that he was foon difgufted with the 
manners and conduct of his fuperior 
officers, who paid no attention what- 
ever to {cientific men. 
Having landed at the ifle of France, 
our author refided, for fome time, at 
the houfe of M. Poivre, who was fo 
well convinced of his merits, that ue 
applied to the government, and pro- 
cured an appointment for him on board 
a fhip, then about to fail on a voyage 
of difcovery. He accordingly accom- 
panied M. Marion, who unfortunately 
perifhed at New Zealand. \. 
“ Bibliothéque Géographique et_In- 
ftructive des Jeunes Gens ; ou, Recueil 
de Voyages Intérefians dans toutes les 
Parties du Monde, pour |’Inftruétion 
et l’Amufement de la Jeunefle, par 
CaAMPE; traduit de l’ Allemand, Paris.’” 
—Geographical and Inftruétive Libra- 
ry for Children; or, a Collection of 
interefting Voyages, Sc. 7 
M. Campe, a German writer, and the 
rival of Berquin in the ufeful occupa- 
tion of compofing bodks for children, 
is the editor of the prefent work. He, 
with great propriety, begins with thofe 
narrations that rather favour of the 
wonderful, on purpofe to engage the 
attention of young perfons: his firit vo- 
lume accordingly centains an Account 
of the Voyage to Spitfbergen and No- 
va Zembla, and the furprifing Adven- 
tures of four Rufian Sailors. ’ The fe- 
cond prefents his youthful readers 
with the Exploits of Vafquez de Gama, 
Bonteko’s Voyage to the Eaft Indies, 
and the difaitrous Adventures of Ma- 
dame Godin, during her paflageto Ri- . 
obamba, near Quito, in Peru. The 
laft of thefe accounts is intended ee 
the 
