1808. ] 
sued with spirit inthe southern provinces, 
but M. De Nervuvry has introduced: the 
sweet potatoe of St. Domingo, which he 
has raised during the last five years with 
great success. ‘This ruot preserves’ its 
balsamic sweetness, which renders it so 
highly esteemed in the West Indies. 
When raised in hot-beds, it is‘as large 
znd abundant as m its native islands; 
and the above-mentioned cultivator has 
also succeeded in raising it in com- 
inon mould. 
ITALY. 
The Abbé Gaxrano Marriny, first li- 
brarian of the Vatican, has lately pub- 
lished at Rome 146 documents of the 
middle ages, written on papyrus, accom- 
panied with historical and diplomatical 
illustrations, 
John If. for finishing the church of the 
Apostles, about the vear 570. It ap- 
pears that to the end ef the 1ith century, 
the papal bulls were always written upon 
papyrus. 
Experiments lately made at Venice 
shew that the oil of the Chinese radish is 
preferable to any other kind&nown, not 
only for culinary ‘purposes, and giving 
light, but also asa medicine. From the ex- 
periments lately made by Dr. OrrvieRo, 
it is found to be extremely useful in rheu- 
matic and pulmonary atfections, and has 
been employed with much success in con- 
vulsive coughs. Itis not lable to spoil 
by keeping, like other oils, nor is the 
plant injured by the hardest frosts. The 
seed, which is very abundant, 1s gathered 
in May and June. 
M. le Ligvre,-a member of the Na- 
tional Institute of France, has discovered 
in the island of Elba anew mineral, to 
which he has given the name of Jenite, 
in hoaour of the battle of Jena. It is 
opaque, of a black colour, sometimes in- 
clining to brown, and is nearly four times 
as heavy as distilled water. From the 
analysis of Messrs. Vauquelin and Des- 
cotils, it appears that this mineral con- 
tains rather more than half its weight of 
iron, mixed with a little manganese, and 
that the rest of the stone is lime’and si- 
lex, the proportion of the silex being cou- 
siderably more than double that of the 
lume. 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 
The first is a buil of Pope, 
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SWITZERLAND. 
M. Ferrenzerc, of Willenhof, near 
Bern, has bestowed particular attention 
on the constructing and collecting of all 
such agricultural implements as appeared 
to promise augmented utility. These 
instruments he disperses by sale; aud 
desires to educate pupils, in order to ren~ 
der his discoveries beneficial to the pub- 
lic. His farms are instances of the most 
attentive and successful culture. In the 
centre of his estate he has built a high 
. tower, from the top of which he can sur- 
vey the whole, and at ail times give di 
rections to lis numerous labourers and 
shepherds. 
SPAIN. 
Dow Juan Mawnuet pe AREFULA 
has jately published, at Madrid, a short 
Description of the Yellow Fever, which 
reigned some time since in Andalusia, 
He considers it as highly contagious, A 
contrary opinion is maintained by Don 
Francisco Salva, who studied the disease 
at Barcelona, and describes it as not 
contagious, but attributes it to exhala- 
_tions from the port of that city, which is 
daily becoming shallower, and‘is likely to 
be in time completely filled up by the 
accuinulations of filth thrown into it. | 
AMERICA. 
The cotton factories which were ex- 
pected to produce spun cotton this sum= 
mer in the state of Rhode Island, and 
chiefly situated near the town of Provi- 
dence, are thirty-four in number, and 
move in all about 20,000 spindics. The 
oldest water-spinning factory in that 
state is at Patucket, about five miles from 
Providence. It commenced in 1792, with 
‘twenty-two spindles only; it now moves 
about 900, and is the largest mill in the 
countiy. 
M, Micuaux, whose travels through 
the United States are not unknown to 
the English reader, has recently been 
sent asecond time by the French govern- 
ment to explore the forests of the vast 
American continent. He is actively en- 
gaged in fulfilling the objects of his mis- 
sion, and has transmitted to the Profes- 
sors of Natural {listory in the Trench 
Institute, several specimens of seeds, 
with a view to the cultivation in France 
of the American oak,and other useful trees, 
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