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form, and not in its component parts : 
fince this falt has been found, by long ex- 
perience, nat only in Great Britam, but 
in the different countries to which it has 
been every year fo largely exported, to be 
a moft excellent preferver of anima!-fieth 
from putrefaction ; and fince thefe diffe- 
rent countries have been free from the 
contagious difeafes whicn have prevailed | 
in America—the conclufion feems obvi- 
oufly to follow, either that the author of 
the paper above-mentioned can have no 
fourdation for his abufe of the falt im- 
ported from England into America, or 
that there muft have been fome mifma- 
nagement in the application of it. 
_ From the account which has been given 
of the variation in the figure of the falt 
procured by the different procefles of ma- 
nufacture in Chefhire, it will readily be 
conceived that thefe, though differing 
little in purity, may admit of very various 
application in the prefervation of animal- 
ficfh and provisions. 
For table ufe, for the falting of butter, 
and for various domettic purpofes, a pre- 
’ ference is given, both in England and in 
the different countries of Eurcpe to which 
it is fo largely exported, tothe falt pre- 
pared by a boiling-heat ; the fmallnefs of 
its grain better fitting it for thefe pur- 
pofes. 
For the fame reafon, and from the rea- 
dinefs with which it diffolves, this falt is 
well adapted for making the pickle ufed 
for firiking the meat, which ts the firft part 
of the procefs in curing fifh, and preferving 
animal-fleth. | 
For the packing of fifh and provifions, 
it is by no means fo proper as the common 
or laige-grained fifhery-falt; and, as 
might be expected, it is found, when ap- 
plied to this purpofe, not ro preferve them 
equally well from putrefaétion ; for, be- 
ing fo ready of folution, the whole ot it 
is formed’ into brine, which, beng 
ferced out from betwixt the layers of flcth 
of fith, by the preffure of thele on each 
other, ihe different portions of animal- 
matter come into c¢lofe contaét, wi-hout 
having any (alt left interpofed. Where- 
as, when tne lalt ot larger grain isufed, a 
confiderable part of ir long remains un- 
diflolved, feparating the different portions 
of meat, admitting, in fome degree, the 
brine to flow betwixt the layers, and fur- 
nifhing a conftant fupply of faturated 
brine, from the folution of the falt in 
the fluids exuding from the animal matter, 
to every part of the packed provifions. 
Account of Subm’s Hiftory of Denmark. 
{ Junent, 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
_SIR;. 
F the Danés themfélves have juft caufé 
of complaint, that the ftudy of their 
language is négle€led ever by the learned 
of théir own nation,* this reproach ui- 
doubtedly ought not to bé extended to 
thofe who are unacquainted with it ir 
other countries. Notwithftariding this difs 
couragement, feveral valuable publications 
have lately appeared in Denmark in their 
native drefs, ot which J infend, from time: 
to time, to fend you fomeacéount. Inthe 
lift of thofe, Mr. Suhm’s Hiftery of Den- 
mark has undoubtedly the firft élaim to 
public attention. This truly refpectabis 
hiftorian was a gentleman of eafy fortune; 
highly cultivated talents, arid amiable 
manners: he devoted a Jong life to the 
execution of this work, which he has not 
founded on thofe tales that float on thé 
breath of tradition, nor the relations of 
thofe who believe with /itt/e examination, 
“or the confidence of others, who expe& 
to be believed withcut any :”” by fo doings 
he has brought back the hiltory of his 
country to what it fhould be, a fchool of _ 
infiruction. He has weighed every doubt- 
ful point, even in the times of intellectu- 
al darknels, with philofophic precifion, 
and the temper of a man in the purfuic of 
truth; for undoubtedly, as Mr. Burke 
fays, it is to be lamented ‘that heats are 
kindled among wife and learned men up- 
on fubjeéts, which in themfelves feem the 
Jeaft ot all others of a nature to rouze 
the paffions.”” As the moft interefting 
part of this-hiftory, to tne Englith reader, 
will be found in that period when the 
United Kingdom was conneied with 
Denmark either by treatics, or involved 
in war, I propole to furnith you oeca~ 
fionaliy with a tranflation of forme of thofe 
articles, ¢s well as o'hers that relate to the 
manners, laws, &c. of thofe times, which 
are now called rude and barbarous, from 
Snorro Sturlefen, Speculum, Regale, and 
other writers, fcarcely known in thig 
couniry. i 
_As I have mentioned Mr. Subm, pers 
haps a faint outline of his hiftory may 
not be unacceptable. The title runs thus, 
«¢ A Hiltory of Denmark from the oldeft 
Times to the Year 1095.” It confitts of 
four volumes, quarto, with a Supplement. 
In the firit volume, the writer traces the 
origin of the Danes up to the remoirft an- 
tiquity :—-weak in the beginning, he pro- 
* See Profefior Baden’s Preface to his Dae. 
nifhand German Dittionary. 
ceeds 
