658 Retrospect of Domestic Literature—Voyages and Travels. 
parl of the body straight, rounded, 
and considerably less than the cres- 
cent-shaped covering from which it 
proceeds. It is divided by segments, 
somewhat similar to those on the back 
of EK. derbyensis, and terminaled by 
an undivided, subulate style, equal in 
Jeneth to the rest of the tail. 
«© { am sorry the -rareness of this 
fossil in Derbyshire prevents me from 
giving a more accurate description. 
The specimen figured isin a nodule of 
ironstone ; if was found in argillaceous 
strata alone with vegetable petrifac- 
tiens, on the borders of the county, I 
believe near Mansfield, and is the only 
ove | have yet seen. It ts not very 
perfect; but sufficiently so to deter- 
mine ils specific difference from the 
Entomolithus. before described Fo 
this k have little te add; except that 
the original appears to have ap- 
proached nearer in size and. fizure to 
the Monoculus Apus, than to any other 
known recent species of thai genus, 
Another nete of agreement ts its hay- 
ing been a fresh water, aid mot a ma- 
rive insect, if we may judge hy the 
straia, im which the fesstl occurred, 
and the petrifactions with which it 
was accompanied.” 
These descriptions, though not ac- 
companied here by plates, will be suffi- 
ciently intelligible even to those who 
have no deep acquaintance with extra- 
neous fossils. We recommend the work 
with confidence. 
-Here also we shall mention ‘* Inter- 
esting Discovertes in Horticulture ; 
being un.easy, ralional and efficacio.s 
Sysiem of propagating alt hardy, Ame- 
rican and Bog Soil Flanis, with orna- 
mental Trees and Shrubs, of general Le- 
scription; Green-House Plonts, including 
Loiany Bay and Capé Plants; Herba- 
ceous Plants, ajwrding favourable 
Shoots: and Fruit irces, in every Vu- 
ricly, by planting Cuttings chiefly in the’ 
awurm Months without arleficial Heat.” 
By Tuomas Haynes. 
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. 
Agreeable to our promise in the last 
retrospect, we proceed to a more copi- 
ous account of ** 7ravels in various 
Couniries of Europe, Asia, and Africa, 
by Edward Daniel Clarke, LL.D.” 
Part the first, (containing the obser- 
vations collected in Hussia, Tartary, 
and /urkey. The first chapter of the 
volume opens with the stale of public 
affairs in Russia about the middle of 
March 1600, when the author, after 
’ 
having stifferéd a number of indignities 
in common with others of his country- 
men withdrew to Moscow. Previous, 
however, to the aceeunt. of his depar- 
ture, he presents us with a picture of the 
government as administered by Paul I. 
in which some readers may possibly 
suspect that the characters-both of the 
ruling powers end the inhabitants were 
drawn under civcumstances and impres- 
sions of anunfavotrable kind, 
‘* Every day brought with it some 
new example of the sovereign’s absur- ’ 
dities and tyranny, which seemed to 
originate in absolute insanity. . The 
sledze of Count Razumoski was, by 
the emperor’s order, brokew into small 
pieces, while he stood by and directed 
the work. The horses had been found 
with it in ‘he sireets, with ut their 
driver. It happened to be of a blue 
colour; and the count’s servants wore 
red liveries: upon which a ukase was 
immediately  pablistied, prohibiting 
throughout the empire of all the Rus- 
sias, the use of blue eclour in orsa- 
menting sledges, and red liveries, In 
consequence of this wise deeree, our 
ambassador, and may others, were com- 
pelled to alter their equipage. 
‘*One eveoing, being af his theatre 
in the Hermiiage, a Erench piece was 
performed, in whieh the story of the 
English powder-plot was introduced. 
The emperor was observed to listen 
toit with more than usual attention ; 
and as soon asit was concluded, he ore 
dered all the vaults beneath the palace 
to be searched. %) 
‘« Coming down the street called the 
Perspective, he pereeived a nobleman 
who was taking his walk, and 
had stopped to jook at some work- 
men who were planting trees by the 
emperor’s order—‘* What are you do- 
ing ?” said he ** Merely seeing the men 
work,” replied the nobleman. ‘Oh, 
is that your employment?—Take off 
his pelisse, and’ give him a spade !— 
There, wow work yourself!” 
‘* When enraged, he. lost all com- 
mand of himself, which sometimes gave 
rise to very ludicrous scenes. . The 
courtiers knew very well when the 
slurm was coming on, by atrick which 
he had in those moments of blowing 
from his under lip against the end of 
hisnose. In one of his furious pas. 
sions, flourishing his cane about, he 
struck by accident the branen of a 
large glass Justre, aud broke it. As 
soun as he perceived what had bap< 
alas pened, 
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