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During the. fummer, the Icelanders 
ufualiy live on.the head of the cod, as they 
falt the other parts of that fifth for the pur- 
pofes of exportation ; and during the win-_ 
ter they confume the heads of their fheep, 
which they alfo falt ; the part referved for 
themlelves, is prelerved, we are told, in a 
fpecies of vinegar, made with four whey; 
and this, in acdition to milk, conftitutes 
their chief fubfiftence, bread being very 
fearce—that brought from Copenhagen 1s 
a fpecies of bifcuit made of rye. They 
boil their fifh for the moft part in falt wa- 
ter, and ufe neither falt nor {pice ; butter 
being the foe ingredient ever employed 
by them. 
The Atlas, which accompanies the five 
volumes, whence we have extraéted the 
above particulars, befides maps, contains’ 
defigns of the moft interefling objects, de- 
{cribed in the body of the work. In ad- 
dition to this, there is a large chart of 
Iceland, containing a correct outline of all 
the guiphs, bays, rivers, ftaiions, moft of 
the fithes with which the circumjacent 
{cas abound are allo correétly figured, &c, 
The birds of prey, are arranged and elafled 
according to their refpective gexera. 
«¢ Quelques Obfervations Importantes 
et Curieules fur. la Vaccine,” &c. Seve- 
yal Curicus and Important Obfervations, 
relative to the Vaccine Inoculation in par- 
ticular, and the Medical Art in general. 
By G. Jouarn, of the Department of 
the Allier, a Phyfician and Mani of Let- 
ters. 
The author is very laudably employed 
in combating, both by means «f argument 
and faéts, fuch of his countrymen as are 
{till infidels relative to the excellence of the 
new difcovery here alluded to. Not con- 
tent with maintaining its fuperiority over 
‘the ancient method of inoculation, he infiits 
that it Is never attended with the leaft dan- 
ger, while he, at the fame time, endeavours 
to calm the tender folicitude of mothers, 
by pointing out the extreme fimplicity ef 
the operation. 
Towards the conclufion, he maintains, 
in ccnlequence of a number of caics which 
have come under his infpection, that the 
Jenicrian method, not untrequently pro- 
duces a falutary alteration, that not only 
facilitates, but even produces, the cure of 
ether maladies. 
«© Géographie Mathematique, Phy- 
fique, et Politique de Toutes les Parties du 
Wionde, rédigée daprés ce qui a €té pub- 
Jicé d’exaét et de nouveau par les Géo- 
graphes, les Naturaliftes, les Voyageurs 
et les Auteurs de Statifiique des Nations 
Retrofpes of French Literature, —Mifcellaniese 
les plus éclairés, deftinée principalemen¢ 
aux Maifons d’Education, aux Profeffeurs 
de Géographie, aux Négocians, et aux Bi- 
blicthéques des Hommes d’Etat; publice 
par E. Menrevce, de !Inftitut Na- 
tional; Maire Brun, Géographe Da- 
ois. Les Détails fur la France, par 
HeERBIN, emplové au Miniftére du Grand 
Juge, et Membre de la Sociéié de Statis- 
tique de Paris. Dédidée au Conful Cam~ 
bacérés. Paris, Tardieu, Imprimeur- 
libraire, Rue des Mathurins, S. Jacques, 
No. 335. 15 Volumes de Texte de 500 a 
$50 pages chacun, format in 8°, Premiére 
livraifen, 5 vol. $°. Prix 30 fr.”—The 
Mathematical, Phytical,* and Political 
Geography of all Parts of the World, 
compiled from all the new and moft cor- 
rect Works publifhed by Geographers, 
Travellers, and Authors, refpecting the 
Statiftiicks of the moft enlightened Na- 
tions, chiefly deftined for the Education of 
Youth, the Profeffors of Geography, 
Merchants, &c. &c. Publifhed by E, 
Mentl!ie, of the National Inftitute, 
and Malte Brun, a Danifh Geogra- 
pher. The Details relative to France by 
Herbin, &c. 15 vols. 8vo. 
Of this work, which is dedicated te 
the Conful Cambacérés, the Editors 
give the following account: §* Far 
fiom copying (fay M. Mentelle and 
Brun) the univerfal geographical pub, 
lications to be found in foreign couns 
tries, and which themlelves are mere- 
ly copies or abridgments of others, we 
have afcended to the fources of geogra- 
phical knowledge; we have appros 
priated to ourlelves indeed, but merely 
as a mine worthy of being explored, all 
the {cattered materials exitting in the dif. 
ferent Euiopean languages ; we have con. 
fidered the aftronomers, the philofophers, 
and the naturalifts, as our guides and our 
mafters; all the travellers as our col- 
leagues; and all nations ag our tribu- 
taries.”” 
Five volumes only of this very exten- 
five publication have as yet appeared, and 
of thefe we fhall here give a brief de. 
{cr ipticn : 
The 1 confifts of general geography, 
and fome treatifes on that fcience. 
The 2d contains an introduction to a 
krowledge of Europe in general, and 
Sweden and Denmark, with their depen- 
dences, in particular. 
The 3d conveys an account of Great’ 
Britain and the Batavian Republic. 
The 4th includes the ftates of Aufiria 
and Proffia, together with appendixes rela~ 
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