If we write the name (as we ought to do) 
with the accent, there need be no fear 
that it will he Anglicised into Linay. 
Surely few of those who will pronounce 
the name are likely to fall into such an 
absurdity, when every volunteer appren- 
tiee gives the French pronunciation to 
corps. - 
I have thus diffusely given the reasons 
that prevent me froin accsding to Dr. 
Snuth’s opinton on this subject. For 
Dr. Smith however I have the greatest 
respect ; and shouki be glad even, so little 
wedded am I to my own notions, if my 
conviction would allow me to bow tou the 
decision of so excellent a botanist, -who 
has such just claims to be admitted the 
arbiter of disputed points in an empire 
where his authority stands so high. I 
do not myself intend to say any thing 
more.on the subject: bat if Dr. Smith 
eondescends to make a rejoinder in this 
amicable controversy, I promise him the 
most unprejudiced attention to his ar- 
guments ;- and that if I am convinced by 
them, I will at once conform to his 
practice. I argue for truth, not for 
victory. 
April 8, 1810. 
EE 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HE rapid strides which the French 
emperor has made in thé subju- 
gation of continental Europe, and the 
great acquisition of territory he has late- 
ly made by the annexation of Gallicia to 
his dominions (a part but little known), 
makes the following account of the 
Ukraine peculiarly interesting. 
His constant anxiety to extend his 
commerce, and his persevérance in 
endeavouring to destroy ours, makes 
this article curious, as it affords a new 
proof of his retaining the sentiments ex- 
pressed in the report published by his 
ordeis by a French-Polish writer of much 
celebrity, Monsieur Malekeusky. 
By the treaty concluded in October, at 
Vienna, he has gained an immense tract 
of country abounding in timber, iron, 
hemp, saltpetre, cattle and corn, All 
this evinces his eagerness to raise a pow- 
erful navy; and eventually to shat us out 
from the Mediterranean, as he has done 
from the Baltic: this is evident from the 
tenor of the report. He has also got 
possession of the celebrated salt-mines 
of Wielicza, which produced an immense 
revenue to Austria. Though this may to 
many appear trifling, yet he welt knows 
A LINNEA. 
Aecount of the Ukraine. 
[May I, 
its value; and as a description of thosé 
famous mines may be amusing, I shall 
send it for your perusal. 
Az account of the UKRAINE; extratted 
tn part from MALYE-BRUN’s late Pice 
ture of POLAND. 
Of all the ancient kingdom of Poland, 
the finest part is that which borders on 
Turkey in Europe, and comprehends the 
palatinates of Russia and Belz, with the 
free state of Chelm, the palatinate of 
Wolhynia, which forms a province of the 
same name, and these of Kiovie, Brac 
law, and Upper Podolia, generally come 
prised under the name of the Ukraine, 
that is, the frontier provinces, 
The soil of these countries, more ele- 
vated and less moist than that of Lithua- 
nia, enjoys also the influence ef a more 
southern climate, for tolish Ukraine 
extends nearly from the 48th to the 52d 
degree of latitude, which corresponds 
with the parallels of London and Paria, 
Yet it appears that the climate is not 
more temperate than that of Holsteins 
to which it bears a resemblance by the 
wetness of the winter. Every sort of 
grain thrives here m great abundance: 
the earth enly requires to be slightly 
moved, to return its produce with usury, 
Many of the grains return from fifty tu 
sixty per cent, ; and in general manure is 
dispenséd with. A spot of earth is covered 
with a thick verdure in three days: and 
it is a fact, that vegetation in the 
Ukraine exhibits the greatest vigour, 
variety, beauty, and magnificence. In- 
numerable sorts of flowers abound, and 
perfume the air with their aromatic 
sweets, The grass grows to such a 
height in the meadows, as just to leave 
the herns of cattle visible; rosemary, 
thyme, asparagus, and pumkins, grow 
spontaneously, and of the finest quality. 
Vines also grow, but they pay little regard 
to the cultivation of them. The forests 
contain oak, and other sorts of timber, 
but not every where equally good: droves 
of wild horses are met with; and also of 
the suhak, a species-of antelope. — . 
One cannot give a better idea of the 
importance this country might be of te 
France and the Ottoman empire, than 
by quoting the words of a celebrated 
Polish writer, monsieur Malekeusky. 
“The abundant and various produc- 
tions of Poland, were for a long time only 
exported by the Baltic. In the last years . 
of their political existence, the Poles, 
harassed with the enormous taxation a 
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