$90 
they purfue in China and Indoftan with 
the areka, is to calcine it gradually un- 
_ tilit becomes black in the centre, and 
afterwards it is feduced into a fine pow- 
der, and is unqueftionably the beft denti-. 
frice that can be ufed ; at all events it is 
the moft fafe and innocent. 
The areka will afford a very permanent 
ink, when frefh, by parboiling it; and 
alum will fecure it from being evanefcent. 
If Ican procure a {ketch of this plant I 
will fend it to you with notes.* 
Tam, Sir, &c., 
RicHARD WINSTANLEY. 
Portugaljireet, March 15, 1806. 
eS 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
“SIR, 
S feveral phenomena in natural hif- 
have been Jaid before us in your 
wleful publication, Iam induced to offer 
you the following occurrence, which 
#truck me with aftonifhment. 
As I was this day examining tne combs 
of a hive forfaken by the bees during the 
Jatt winter, I obferved three queen’s cells 
not open. The firft and third were ex- 
tended, as is ufual a few days before the 
younz queen obtains her liberty. On 
opening the firft, I found a common bee 
inclofed, or at leaft one that had all the 
appearances of a common bee, a little di- 
minifhed in fize, as is ufval when it has 
been Jong dead. ‘The infide of the cell 
had no impurity, but a little diluted farina 
before the head of the bee, at the nadir or 
point of exclufion. The fecond cell was 
not extended, and neatly clofed up, and 
when opened no bee was found in it. The 
third cell had a bee in it, and was in every 
refpect like the firt. 
Notwithftanding all that I have before 
obferved, read, and laid before the public 
in “The General Apiarian,’? and in 
«<The Tranfactions of the Weftern Apia- 
rian Society,» I cannot account to my 
own fatisfaction for thefe phenomena ; 
how muck lefs tothe fatisfa&tion of others ? 
_ Shall I foppofe that thefe bees went into 
thefe cells and turned themfelves, fo as to 
have their heads towards the nadir, with- 
out amotive ; and that the other bees of 
the hive, ina hurry or by accident, placed 
in the farina, and clofed them up as em- 
bryo queens? Or fhall we admit that 
they weredefioned to be transformed into 
queens, according to the idea fiated by 
* Our readers will feel themfelves obiiged 
to Mr, Winftanley. 
Phemomena in the Natural Hiftory of Bees, &e. [J une 1 s 
our ingenious friend Mr. Allnutt, who 
perhaps is the only apiarian in England 
who thinks that a common bee may be 
changed into a queen? 
I propofe thefe facts and queftions for ~ 
the difcuffion of fuch as are better inform- 
ed than I pretend to be; and fhould be 
glad to be favoured, through the medium 
of your Magazine, or a private letter, 
with the remarks of any intelligent perfon 
upon them. I have preferved the two 
cells and bees for the examination of fuch 
as wifh to infpect them ; and am, Sir, &c., 
Moreton, near Exeter, J. Isaac. 
April 8, 1806. " 
EL ae : 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
ERMIT me to requeft the indulgence 
of a brief reply to your Correlpon- 
dent ‘* Duidius,’’ vol. xxi., p. 30, where 
I obferve he agrees with me in the propof- 
ed verfion of the latter part of the pafiage 
in Dion. Halicarnaffenfis ; but difap- 
proves of fubftituting coaéi for coados. 
The original is, 
“¢ TIdviag yee evonstle ros Ta Toavle rear= 
lovlag, % ou cilav avlois yructov watdmv, 4 die 
neviay avayralomevoug Lévoug avOpwmaus &G Wer 
Etcbat, Onws wHEAaVTOL Tram avTav os avrous 
Abnvatay yeyovotav.” Ec. 
‘¢ Quotquot enim talia faciunt, reperi- 
etes id facere ; vel quod eis liberi non 
fint genuisi, vel quod ubi fint egeftate co- 
aclos extraneos adoptare ut aliquam ex iis 
utilitatem capiant qui per ipfos cives Athe- 
nienfes facti funt,’”? &c. | 
' To introduce ** coattos,’”? Duidius ex- 
punges ‘‘ubi fint egeftate,”” and gives us 
<* Quotquot enim talia faciunt reperietis 
id tacere coadfos ; vel quod liberi, &c., 
vel per paupertatem,”’ &c. 
I admit this is corrc&t fyntax ; but on | 
reperufal he will foon perceive that he is 
deviating from the fenfe of the original ; 
for it appears from his tranflation of the 
former part of the paflage, that both the 
rich and the indigent citizen of Athens, 
whenthey adopt children, do it from ne- 
ceflity. He fays, “* As many as do this, 
ye will find they do it, being compelled, 
either becaufe they have no lawful chil- 
dren of their own, or through poverty,” 
&c., &c. The Athenian is not compelled - 
merely becaufe he has no children; but 
the poor citizen may be compelled by his 
indigence to adopt a rich foreigner. Here 
we fee mutual benefit: the foreigner be- 
comes a citizen, and the poor Athenian 
fhares his wealth. Therefore “* coaétos”’ 
muft not precede **vel quod liberi,” &c., 
becaule 
