134 
and the peculiar turns of voice they neces- 
sarily require in the pronunciation, they 
will be considered by better judges than 
myself, highly characteristic of the hu- 
sour and temper of the Irish and Scot- 
tish nations, ~ Your's, &c, 
James Wricur. 
$38, Bedford-street, 
Cavent-garden. 
( Lo be continued. } 
Evrata in our last.—_At p. 30, col. 1, 1. 50, 
for ** teeth, lips, nostrils,” &c. read, ** teeth, 
tongue, l'ps,” é&c. ; line 43, for ‘¢ Ras tatee 
acted by the muscles,” read, °¢ cartilages be 
acted upon by the muscles.” 
Se 
Tothe Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
AM disposed to think that the pro- 
cess for preparing aromatic vinegars, 
recommended by Mr, [ ,1n one of your 
Jate Magazines, is not so cheap nor so ef- 
féctive a method as the author has stated. 
Ff chalk be added to common vinegar, 
im small quantities, taking care to stir the 
Vinegar upon every addition, and no 
more ehalk be employed than is just suf- 
ficient to destroy the acidity of the vine- 
gar, little or no sediment will be formed, 
ehaik being for the most part. readily so-' 
Iuble in this acid. The white matter, 
therefore, that is found in the liquer pre- 
pared according to Mr. I "s process, 
can only be the chalk that bas been 
added in excess, or that was more than — 
sufficient to destroy the acility of the 
vinegar. If this white matter, by being 
treated with oil of vitriol, is found to 
afford aromatic vinegar, the vinegar can 
be produced from the small quantity of 
acetate of lime only, left in it after the 
supernatant liquor has been decanted; 
for if this sediment be well washed, it will 
be found to consist of mere chalk, and 
with sulphuric, to afford nothing but car 
bonicacid. The decanted liquor, so far 
from being “ msipid,” possesses a very 
marked taste, leaving a very unpleasant 
sensation of bitterness in the mouth. 
The usual method of purifying rooms, 
sith a mixtere of common salt, oi} of 
vitriol, and manganese, is not only 
cheaper but more expeditious, and bet- 
ter calculated to produce the required 
effect, than the process recommended by 
Mr. I . The fumes of muriatic acid 
are more elastic, and more readily diffuse 
themselves, than vinegar in the state of 
vapor; besides, they are more active in 
destroying the principle of contagion. 
Brisicl. Your's, &c. 
E, 7: L 
Aromatic Vinegar—Cotteswold Sheep. 
[March. t, 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine, 
SIR, 
N an extract which I lately read frous 
| Fischer’s ** Picture of Valencia,” & 
observed an account of a remedy for that 
most dreadful of human maladies, the 
hydrophobia; which ought to be more 
generally known, as it never failed of 
producing the desived effect when adrai- 
nistered in time. It is composed of sea-" 
hoily,viper’s bugloss, and Cretan balin. The 
plants are taken when they are beginning 
to run to seed, and bung i in the shade 
till all their humidity is evaporated. On 
this each is separately pounded, the pow- 
der is passed through a hair sieve, mixed 
in equal parts, and put away in well- 
corked bottles. It is to be observed, 
that none of the roots must be employed, 
except those of the sea-holly, which pos- 
sess very gréat strength. 
As I do not possess Mr. Fischer’s 
book, I may noc be as satisfactory on this 
point as your readers may wish; butsome 
of your correspondents will, § trust, sup- 
ply all the necessary information, and 
enumerate some of the many eures per 
formed by this simple remedy, 
Yours, &c. A. 
— 
To the Editor of the Monthly Mag gazing. 
SIR, 
OOKING a few days ago, is wav of 
_4ainusement, into John Stowe’s Cliro= 
nicle, Edinburgh, 1575, year 1464, I was 
much struck with the following, which i 
now hterally copy: 
“ Shepe transported into Syinivas—2Phas 
yere ‘King Edward gave a licence to pas 
over certein Cotteswolde shepe into 
Spain, by reason whereof, it has come to 
pass, at this day, that the staple of 
wolls, of Spain, kept at Brydges, in 
Flanders, is so’ great that our staple is 
nothing comparable to it.” 
From which it appears, that the want 
which we have for centuries imported 
from Spain, and upon which our finest 
fabrics of woollen are manufactured, is 
the produce of sheep originally bred in 
our own country. 
[it appears to me, therefore, worthy of 
enquiry, whether the Cotteswold breed 
has degenerated, and from what cause— 
whether the breed of 1464 is extinct— 
how it was improved in Spain, and cn 
holds its value above British wool, 
countries whose agricultural ss 
nents have not kept pace with ours; and 
how far it is possible to produce the fi- 
nest wool in this country, without the 
importation 
