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century, transmitted to him fiom Mol- 
davia. . 
Count SANTI, the Russian envdy at 
the court of Stockio!m, has just pub- 
lished a Statistical <. ~ Topographical 
~Fableau, of the Grand Du ~y of Finland. 
‘This work displays the ‘Maustry and 
knowledge of the author, as much as his 
) French verse of the mas- 
Swedish poet Ket- 
iis talents and refined 
- translation in 
ter-pieces of the 
GREN, announces | 
taste. 
GREECE. 
M.. FAvUvEL, 4 correspondent of the 
French National Tnstitute, and resident 
at Athens, has addressed a letter from 
that place to M. Moncez, from which 
the following is an extract: 
<¢ | have already informed you of a disco- 
very that has been made here, on the subject 
ient Athenian festival called Hy- 
of the anc 
drophoriz, concerning which our knowledge 
beforewas very imperfect. This was a ceremony 
in memory of Deucalion’s fiood, and its cele- 
bration consisted partly in casting vessels into 
wells and streams of water. On the 10th 
of July, 1808, M. Roque, a French mer- 
chant residing here, having employed some 
workmen to clean out his well, which is 
situated near the entrance of the agora (the 
market,) they found several remains of anti- 
quity, which have served to throw a light on 
this point. The first objects of their disco- 
very were a quantity of common earthenware 
vases, unvarnished, of different forms and 
sizes. Fifteen feet below these, were about 
twenty Athenian medals of bronze, repre- 
senting incidents in the story of Theseus, 
and bearing the legend AGHNAION. There 
was also a handsome marble figure of a philo- 
sopher, with scrolls bound together lying at 
his feet: this piece was only eight inches in 
length, and of capital workmanship ; but the 
head was wanting. Withthese were several 
articles of figured bone, bodkins, syringe 
pipes, spatulas, ear-pickers, and dice; the 
last much resembling those used at present: 
all these articles had become of an emereld 
colour, through the operation of the water, 
which appeared of a vitriolic quality. There 
“were, besides, artificial pine-apples and peach- 
stones, very little injured by time. The 
well in question is of the depth of a hundred 
feet: at the bottom were found some thin 
leaves of lead, which I unfolded, but they 
bore no marks of having been used for writing 
On some of the vases aze written the 
on. 
following names, with a pen and ink :- 
XaMOeciTrory, and CN MITPOA@#P2ANA: 
and -on a piece of lead, with a hole in it for 
the purpoce of putting a string through, is 
written EICIAwPOY. One of the vases is 
still covered with bitumen, aad was Cer- 
tainly used for keeping wine: it has no 
handles, and is pointed at the bottom, and 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 
[June I, 
twenty inches high. Another has two han- 
dles fastened on at its neck, which is only 
a third part narrower than the lower part: 
the bottom is flat, and the vase itself is two 
feet high,” 
; MEXICOs 
Few parts of North America have been 
‘the subjects of mineralogical research in 
so great a degree as this country. The 
mines with which it abounds, have been | 
explored by the Spaniards with much 
care: the government has. encouraged 
scientific chemists to analyse the ores, 
and has established 3.seminary of mine= 
_ralogy at Mexico» The - Mineralogical 
Tables of M. Karsten, superintendant  - 
of mines to the king of Prussia, have 
been translated into Spanish by don 
Anvros Mawver vex Kro, and printed 
at Mexico, with an addition of peculiar 
value, adapting them to the state of the 
science in: that country. The first four 
columns of the tables contain the classes, 
orders, genera, and species, of the mi- 
nerals; and the sixth, the ingredients or 
which they are composed, according to 
the latest investigations. In the fifth 
column, don Andros has given a capital 
example of mineralogical topography, 
by indicating the particular places ia 
the district of Mexico, in which the 
minerals described by European writers 
have been discovered; leaving blank 
those articles which have not come with= 
in his observation, to give an opportu- 
nity to students and others of supplying - 
these deficiencies. By these means we 
may venture to hope that in the course 
of afew years we shall possess a know= 
ledge not only of all the minerals of 
Mexico, but likewise of the spots in 
which they are found. Don Andros has 
besides given, in his edition of these 
tables, many original particulars cone 
cerning the four classes of earths, stones, 
salts, and metats: he has also added to 
the value of his work, which is printed 1n 
small folio, by an account of the fossils 
that have been lately described by M. 
Havy in his Mineralogy; and has made 
use of information which he has derived 
from M. Humeotpr, the celebrated 
traveller, ?, 
_ Dow Anpros pet Rro has also pub- 
lished at Mexico, the second part of” 
the Elements of Oryctology, arranged 
according to the system of M. WERNER. 
This work, which was composed expressly 
for the use of the royal school of minera- 
logy, is embellished with three geological 
engravings, designed from the opinions of 
Humboldt on the structure of the earth. 
Switzerland, 
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