~— <Retrofpedt of french Literature—Mifcellaneous; 
and this is found in the four great 
mines of Bambouk, or Natakou, Se- 
mayla, Nambia,®and Roubadyria. 
The tennuy, ov boa. conftriétor, of 
Linnzus, is one of the many monftrous 
productions of thofe regions. In length 
it is from thirty to forty feet, and 
twenty or thirty inches in circum- 
ference. This frightful animal will 
{wallow an-ox, or a buffalo; after 
which it remains immoveable for foe 
time! and while in this ftate it 1s eafily 
killed by the negroes, who feaft on 
both the deftroyer and the prey. The 
termites, a {pecies of ants, we are told, 
perform this office alfo with a wonder- 
ful degree of promptitude, as they 
enter the body of the animal by the 
nofe, the mouth, and the ears; and, in 
lefs than twenty four hours, leave no- 
thing behind them but the fkin of the 
victim of the ferpent. 
M. Golberry is of opinion, towards 
the conclufion of his work, that France 
might trade in Africa to the amount 
of fixty millions of livres annually ; 
he recommends, in this cafe, that the 
commerce be not exclutively enjoyed 
by a company, but thrown open. to 
the rivalfhip of individuals. 
‘© Voyage au Sénégal; ou, Mémoires 
Hiftoriques, Philofophiques, et Poli- 
tiques fur les Découvertes, _ les Eta- 
blifflemens, et le Commerce des Euro- 
péens dans les mers de 1’Océan Atlan- 
tique, depuis le Cap Blanc jufqu’a ta 
Riviére de Sierra“Leone inclufivement ; 
fuivi de la Relation d’un Voyage par 
Terre, de lIfle de §. Louis a Galaam, 
et du texte Arabe de trois Traités de 
Commerce faits par ]’Auteur avec les 
Princes du Pays. Avec Figures et At- 
Jas: par J.B. Leonarp Duranp, Pa- 
ris, 2 vols. 8vo. Price 25 fr.”—Voy- 
age to Senegal, &c. 
This is a collection of memoirs 
relative to a clafs of mankind, with 
whom the European nations, at leaft 
that portion ‘of them calculated to 
difcuis, judge, and decide upon their 
manners, cuftoms, inftitutions, have 
but little intercourfe. M. Duraud was 
formerly ina public fituation, on the 
coat of Africa: he has not confined 
himfelf to what he faw and difcovered ; 
but appears to have printed ail the me- 
moirs which he could procure, with a 
view of elucidating the fubjects of 
which he treats. e 
MISCELLANEOUS. . 
__ « Hiftoire, Geographique, Politique, 
et Naturelle de la Sardaigne; par Do- 
MoNntTHLY Mac, No, 96. | 
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635 
MINIQUE ALBERTSAZUMI. {2 vols. 
8vo.’’—-Geographical, Political, and 
Natural Hiftory of Sardinia. 
The ifland of Sardinia is but little 
known, partly becaufe feldom furveyed 
by travellers, and partly on account of 
the little commercial. intercourfe be- 
tween it and other parts of the world. 
M. Azumi, the firft {cientific man who 
appears ever to have vifited it, informs 
us, that it is one hundred leagues 
diftant from France, fifty from Africa, 
one hundred and twenty from Spain, 
thirty from Leghorn, feventy from 
Sicily, ninety from Naples, thirty-eight 
from Genoa, eighty from Minorca, 
and three from Corfica. 
It is formed into. northern and 
fouthern divifions, by means of achain 
of mountains, whence flow two rivers 
in the fame direction. The winter is 
mild and temperate, and the climate 
fo falubrious, that the longevity of the 
inhabitants hath become proverbial. 
In the City of Cagliari alone, between 
the years 1766 and 1776 no lefs than 
twenty-five perfons had attained the 
age of 100 years; while in that of 
Saflari there were thirty-three of the 
fame def{cription. 
The cattle roam abroad, and flowers 
are {cen every where, during the whole 
of the winter; there are neither wolvés 
nor bears, nor any ferocious animals 
whatfoever here; even the vipers are- 
Hoe venomous. ‘The exports confift 
chiefly of cattle, hides, and horns; 
bees are found to thrive; but fuchis 
the luxury of religion in this ifland, 
that a fufticient quantity of wax is not 
preduced on the fpot for the ufe of the 
churches. 
The birds, from the eagle to the pe- 
lican, confift of fixty-four different 
foecies; the fithes are divided into feven 
diftin& claffes; and we are prefented 
with an interefting account of the 
coral and tunny fifhery. Sardinia con- 
tains feveral beautiful forefts; and, 
befides corn, produces olives, fugar, 
cotton, tobacco, &c., 
“< Confidérations fur l’Organifation 
Social, appliquée a VEtat Civil, Poli- 
tique, et Militaire de la France et de 
l Angleterre, aleurs Mceurs et,Finances 
a l’Epoque de la Paix d’Amiens ; 
Quid verum atque detens curo et rogo, et om-~ 
nis in hoc fum. Horat. 
~ Paris, 3 vols. 8vo,’—Confiderations cn 
the Social Organization, &c. © 
The author not only traces the ori- 
4M gin 
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