‘S74 Literary and Ph; ofoph 
‘America, the principal ‘eftablitinent of 
the Company. 
M. Zoeca, who is at prefent engaced 
‘on the Coptic manulcripts of the late Car- 
: Vatin. 
‘dinal Borgia, propofes, after he has finifa- 
‘ed thofe labours, to publifh a Topography 
of Ancient Roine. He has profoundly 
“‘ftudied the fubje&, and had a&ually com- 
‘menced the work a long time fince, but 
afterwards laid it afide. at refidence at 
‘Rome of the hereditary Prince of Meck- 
lenburg Strelitz, whom he accompanied, 
‘and who was extremely defirous to fee 
‘even the fmaileft veftiges of antiquity, in- 
“duced him to refume the defign. 
M. Rossi, known by his critical ob- 
“fervations cn Diogenes Laertius, and who, 
n particular, poffefles a profound know- 
‘ledge of the oriental languages, has com- 
‘pei ied a very extenfive work on the affinity 
‘of thofe Janguages with each other; but 
fuch is the ftate of literature in. Ttaly, 
that the learned world will probably de- 
rive no benefit from‘ his refearches,-be- 
‘caufethe author is deftitute of the means 
‘of publication. 
Infpeétors, called’ Euphortatores, have 
‘been appointed in al! the Catholic colleges 
‘of Hungary and Auftria.. Their duty is 
‘to take care that the.principles of religion 
are profoundly inculcated on the minds of 
youth, Every kind of ¢riticifm on religi- 
ous works is ftri€tly prohibited. At Vi- 
enna the le&tures on logic, metaphyfies, 
“and natural philofophy, are held only in 
No individual can engage a pri- 
“vate tutor for his children without the 
“permiffion of the univerfity, and thofe who 
-difobey this decree run the rifk of incapa- 
“eltating their children for any public func- 
“tlon or - employ ment. 
A circulating liorary has been eflab- 
-lithed by a Lutheran divine at. the fmall 
“town of Corfoer, in Denmark, for the be- 
“nefit of travellers who, may chance to be 
~ detained in that place by contrary winds. 
. 
“This place is extremely well chofen tor 
foch an eftablifament; being fituated on 
the way from Copenhawen' to Hamburg, 
en the. Great Belt, which is frequently 
” rendered imp: JTable by the violence of 
~ the wefterly winds. 
M.LaNGLEs,a Eber of a Matin a 
33 titute, has lately pub! ifhed a learned 
Ditlertation on the Dilcovery of Effence of 
Rofes. . He afcribes it.to-a feaft given by 
_the beautiful and. famous Nurjehan, in 
the year 1021 of the Hegiva, which cor- 
‘elponds. with the year 1612 0f the Chrif- 
tian zra, to her hufband Jehancur, the 
Great Mogul, That. voluptueus Prin- 
_rofe-water, through Her gardens, _ 
(The exergue ws < Denat, 
‘Abramfon is pre eparing another. “medal to 
the memory of Herder. 
‘utility of which has been confirmed by 
Dumerous experiments made by celebrated 
men. 
A extingui 
_in this fruation- two hoors, when_it will 
and expence, the fame quantity of hemp 
tain, and mvff, of .courfe, prove, ya 
injurious to the cattle that chance so dnink 
bi a Intelligetice.. (May 15 
Ws Saft her ee to fuck a. state 
as to conduct a{mall canal, filled.with 
A kind P 
of foum was obferved to float on its fur- 
face, and .was taken up with cotton. 
This was that precicus. perfume, which 
the natives of the Eaft have fince conti- 
nued to make by the fame procefs ‘ that 
‘is, by expofing veffels filled with. rofe-wa- 
ter to the rays of the fun. 
The fineft and 
moft aromatic rofes are thofe of Cachemir. 
M. ABRamson, of Berlin, well known 
“for his talents in the. engraving of medals, 
has executed.one equally beautiful and 
fimple,. to the memory of Kant. On one 
fide is a friking likenefs of the philofo- 
pher, with the in{cription “ Immanuel 
Kant, nat. 1724.” On the reverfe, the 
artit has attempted to exprefs the fer vice 
which Kant has rendered to fpeculative 
philofophy, by afligning limits to its em- 
_pire,-and to fhew, at the fame time; the 
madnefs of attempting to pafs thofe limits. 
This he has teprefented by a Minerva, 
feated, and holding in her right hand an 
owl, hi a the prevents from flying, with 
the infcription ‘* Altius volantem arcuit.”” 
1804,” “M. 
M. BaaLie, ef Amiens, has difeo- 
vered anew procefs for fteeping hemp, the 
- 
It confifts in heating water,.in a 
vefiel or vat, to the temperature of from 
72 ta 75 dearees of Reaumur; diffolye in 
lt a quantity of green foap, in the. fame 
proportion to the hemp as z.to 48... The 
water employed for this purpofe fhould be 
about forty times the weight of thé hemp. 
Throw the latter into the water fo. as to 
float on the furface, cover the veffel, and a 
ith the fire. Letthe hemp remain 
be found futic iently fteeped. - The advan- 
tages derived from this method: are wari-. 
ous. Tade ependent of the faving of .time 
yields more tow. . The new method; Jlike- 
wife tends to encourage the culture. of | 
hemp, by facilitating its preparation even 
to thofe whodo nox li¥ein the neighboar~ . 
hood of ariver, fream, or pond ; and it 
obviates the i!l cenfequences that might 
refule either from: the infectionvef whe air © 
or the corruption. of the waters. which 4 
fometimes deitrays all the fifb  hepiag - 
oi them. ; 
‘ ‘ MM. D z 
