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Times are now greatly altered in Ireland; all the actors in the recorded enormities are gone to answer for their own deeds; and it may be hoped, that both Proteftants and Catholics, forgetful of former animofities, and regardless of each other's fpeculative opinions, will, without turbulence, under a due fenfe of the common duty and advantages of Chriftian charity, cultivate their mutual intereft by focially co-operating in every measure for promoting the profperity of their country.

TRADE AND COMMERCE.

Art. 2. A fhort Account of the Ancient and Modern State of Crim-Tartary, and of the Imports and Exports at the different maritime Towns on the Coaft of the Black Sea, &c. By Richard Willis. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Fry and Co. 1787.

The defign of this publication is to advertise the Public that the Author is poffeffed of ten thoufand acres of cultivated land in the peninfula of Crimea, which he wishes to let, or otherwife difpofe of, to fuch perfons as are willing to concur with him in the formation of eftablishments for the promotion of either agriculture or trade.

The account of the country and its commercial ftate, may be interefting to many readers. Mr. Willis profeffes to have made copious extracts from the writings of Peyffonel, Bufching, &c. To which are added, original papers, letters, notes, and obfervations; with many particulars that feem to be new and curious.

MEDICA L.

Art. 3.
An Effay on the Nature and Origin of the Contagion of Fe-
vers. By John Alderfon, M. D. Member of the Royal Medical
Society of Edinburgh. 8vo. 2s. Murray. 1788.

The Author of this Effay confines his enquiries to that peculiar fpecies of fever which is ufually called the jail or hofpital fever. He firft fhews, from indifputable authority, that this difeafe may be produced in confequence of a number of men being confined in a fmall space. After having established this fact, which indeed is univerfally allowed, he proceeds to explain the nature of the contagion, and how it is generated, and lastly, how it is rendered active. He thinks that contagion is an excretion from the lungs, in confequence of fever; that it is only foluble in phlogisticated air; and, confequently, that it can only be conveyed in that menftruum. He fuppofes alfo, that the infectious matter is precipitated out of its folution by the addition of dephlogisticated or pure air; that this precipitate is inoffenfive and inactive, and when in that ftate, forms the fomes of the fever; that this fomez, by being re-diffolved in phlogifticated air, becomes again active, and capable of producing feSuch is the fummary of the Author's theory. His practice in preventing the spreading of the contagion is, to precipitate the infectious matter. To effect this, he recommends many judicious methods of ventilation, which feem to merit the attention of those who have the care of crowded jails, fhips, hofpitals, &c.

vers.

APP. REV. July, 1788.

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The Cafe of a Boy who had been mistaken for a Girl: with
three anatomical Views of the Parts, before and after the Opera-
tion and Cure. By Thomas Brand, Surgeon. 4to. 25. Nicol. 1787.
The cafe here recorded is uncommon: we fhould have given an
abstract of it could we have rendered it intelligible without the en-
gravings. The indication was too plain to have been mistaken by
the furgeon; and the operation was attended with fuccefs.

VOYAGES AND TRAVEL S.

Art. 5. A Comparative View of the Ruffian Discoveries, with thofe made
by Captains Cook and Clerke: and a Sketch of what remains to be
afcertained by future Navigators. By William Coxe, A. M. F. R S.
One of the Senior Fellows of King's College, Cambridge, &c.
4to. Is. 6d. Cadell. 1787.

This performance is a fupplement to Mr. Coxe's account of the
Ruffian difcoveries between Afia and America*, and contains a great
number of proofs that the Ruffian navigators have been accurate in
determining the fituation of the lands, which they have either difco-
vered or vifited. The proofs exhibit an almost exact agreement be-
tween the latitudes and longitudes as given by the Ruffians, and
thofe of the accurate obfervers, Cook and Clerke.

In the fecond part of this performance, Mr. Coxe judiciously points
out the defiderata toward completing the geography of the Afiatic
coaft, of the American continent, and of the new difcovered
islands; he enumerates the principal objects of examination in each,
and gives an account of the plan and purport of the expedition in
which captain Billings is now engaged. This voyage of discovery
was agitated and determined in 1785, and the captain fet out from
St. Petersburgh the latter end of the year. He arrived at Irkutsk in
March 1786, and at Okotsk in the July following, whence he pro-
pofed to take his departure for Kovyma. Mr. Coxe laments that
the length of time requifite for conveying intelligence from thofe
diftant regions to St. Petersburgh, and the difficulty of obtaining
certain information from that capital, renders it impoffible to gratify
the farther curiofity of the reader.

There is a great obfcurity in the manner in which the longitudes
and latitudes are printed, viz. the ufing promifcuoufly the cha-
racter for denoting minutes, to reprefent degrees, and thofe for fe-
conds to reprefent minutes; and in fome inftances, as at page 9,
line 4 of the 2d paragraph, ufing the fame character to expreís
both minutes and feconds.

For an account of this work, fee Rev. vol. Ixiii. p. 1.

To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume.

N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, fee the
Table of Contents,

ABSORPTION, power of, in

different bodies, 182.
Acacia, falfe, its ufes, 335. The
manner of cultivating it, 336.
Acid of vinegar, the best me-
thod of obtaining it, 453. A
peculiar one extracted from
ardent fpirits, 622. Dephlo-
gifticated marine, method of
producing it,623. Various pro-
perties of, 524. Aq. Regia,
properties of, 625.
Acid, Vitriolic, experiments on its
congelation, 183.
Aderno, in Sicily, remains of that
ancient city, 559.

Adrano, the famous ancient tem-
ple of, in Sicily, found to be
only a bath, 559.
Agriculture, a curious experiment
in, 41. Can never be improved
if farmers are under restraint,
50. Premiums for improving
it inefficacious, 62. Utility of
focieties for encouraging it, ib.
The royal fociety of, at Paris,
defcribed, 154: Encouraged
by the French king, &c. 332.
Aigues, le Prefident de la Tour
', on the culture of the larch
tree, 581. On the filk-worm,
583. On the oxen of Ca-
margue, ib. On the Angora
'goat, 585. On deftroying
earth-worms, 586.
Ailway, Mr. on deftroying the

red spider in hot-houfes, 42.
Air, hepatic, experiments on,
188.

Air, different kinds of, known to
Paracelfus, 502, and to Van
Helmont, ib.

Air, fixed, firft determined to be
an acid,
502.

prefixed to the Volume.

Air, inflammable, its effect on or-
ganized bodies, 612.
Air, vital, decompofes fpirit of
wine, 625.
oils, 627.

Combined with

Albanians, a colony of, in Sicily,
fome account of their fettle-
ment there, 560.

Alkali, volatile, analyfed, 626.
America, account of the two great
party-diftinctions there of Whig
and Tory, 290. Of the French
alliance with the new Ameri-
can states, 292. Loyalists of,
their claim on the British go-
vernment afferted, 347. Re-
flections on the plan for a
foederal union of, 665. See
alfo Virginia, and North Ame-

rica.

Amoureux, M. on the cultivation of

maize in France, 413.
Anderfon, Dr. on the genitive
cafe in the English language,
493. On procuring maffes
for mill-ftones, rollers, &c.
ib.

Animals, difficulty of determining
the fpecies of, 128.
Antimony, experiments on, 491.
Approximation, ufelefs when pro-
blems can be directly folved,
67.
Apricot, Siberian, defcribed, 611.
Aqua Regia. See Acid.
Aqueducts of the Romans, curious
account of, 372.
Argyle, D. of, remarkably dif
tinguishes himself at the battle
of Malplaquet, 93.

Arms, coats of, not used in Eng-
land before the end of the 11th
century, 212. Not quartered
before Edward the third's time,

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Barrington, Mr. his opinion refpecting the Britanni, 663. On the culture of vines in England, 665.

Barrows, the most antient monu

ments in this country, 278. Bauche, M. concerning the island

of Friefland, 615.

Beddoes, Dr. on the production

of artificial cold, 185. Belly-ache of the West Indies, 476. Method of cure, ib. Bengal, affecting picture of the prefent diftreffed ftate of the natives of that country, 397. Different view of, 402. Benjamin tree, defcribed, 130. Bennett, Rev. Abr. his doubler of electricity, 186. Benfley, Dr. engaged in the dif pute concerning the laws of Zaleucus and Charondas,

647. Bertholot, M. on the dephlogisti cated marine acid, 623. On Aq. Regia, 625. On decompofing Spirit of wine with vital

air, ib. On the analyfis of volatile alkali, 626. On the combination of vital air with oils, 627. On the nature of animal and vegetable fubftances, ib. Bible, remarks on felect paffages in, by Dr. Kennicott, 482489.

Bion, on the power of love, tranflated by Polwhele, 311. Birch, Mr. his verfes on the fatal effects of monaftic feclufiqn, 391.

Births, obfervations on, 128. Blagden, Dr. on ancient inks, and restoring decayed manufcripts, 189.

Blane, Dr. on a hurricane in Barbadoes, 493.

Blane, Mr. on the production of borax, 187.

Blaveau, M. his experiments on tree plantations, 156. On draining, 580.

Blervache, M. Cliquot de, on improving the quality of wool, 586.

Blond, M. le, on the culture and ufe of the Quinoa, 419. Bodies, opaque, their different apparent magnitudes, as feen on different grounds, 617. Bohemia, Fred. K. of, letter from, to his queen, 375. His diftreffes, 376. His queen's diftreffes, ib, Her letter to her fon, ib.

Bondaroy, M. de, on preferving wine, 156. On a difeale in fheep, from being folded on a peculiar foil, 336. On the culture of different fpecies of poplars, 414. On fmutty wheat, 418. On the culture of the cyprefs tree, 419. On the culture of barley and oats, 580. On madder, and other dyes, 582. On a particular form of hot-beds, 583. On plane trees, 585.622. On the formation of ligneous fibres, 58. A new genus of plants

plants defcribed, 611. On the
Siberian apricot, ib. The heat
fish defcribed, ib. On the use
of fea cow's skin, 622.

Butler, Mr. his valuable affistance
to Mr. Hargrave, in the edit.
of Coke on Littleton, 323.

Borax, how naturally produced CALONNE, M. de, fettles in

in the barren mountains of
Thibet, 187.
Boret, M. on reducing the mea-
fures in the diftrict of Beau-
vais to the fetier of Paris,

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England, 669. His handsome
compliment to our nation, ib.
Camelopard, or Giraffe, defcrip-
tion of that rare animal, 595.
Campo Santo, elegy on the bury-

ing place there, 56.
Cancer, a fpecific for, 476.
Caferta, grandeur of the royal
palace there, 295. Vaft dimen-
fions of, ib.

Bread made from fern roots, Caffini, M. on the new difcover-

413.

Breluque, Abbé, on feeding
horfes on dried vine twigs,
516.

Broadfole Abbey. See Rhadi-
gund.

Brocq, M. on purifying wheat
from fmut, 336.
Broom, Spanish, recommended as
food for fheep, by M. Brouffo-
net, 331. Difapproved by M.
Thoret, ib. Its roots ufeful for
making hemp, ib.
Brouffonet, M. recommends Spa-
nith broom as food for fheep,
332. His account of the progrefs
of agriculture in France, 333.
On fpruce beer, 414. On the
motion in the leaves of plants,
618. On the fpermatic veffels
of fish, 627. On the refpira-
tion of fith, ib Obfervations
on the fea-wolf, 628.
Brunton, Mifs, verses in praise of,

241.

Bullion, Marquis de, on clover

and faintfoin, 156. On the
culture of afparagus, 414.
Bute, Earl of, charged with fe-
ducing Sir John Hill from his
profitable purfuits, and enga-
ging him in a ruinous employ-
ment, 353. Alfo with cruelly
abandoning Lady Hill (the
widow of Sir John) in the
diftrefs which his meafures had
occafioned, ib.

ed fixed ftars, 614.

Castle Connel, the virtues of the
mineral waters there, 191.
Catana, fill on the fame fpot not-
withstanding its deftruction by
the lava of Mount Etna, 556.
Plans of the grand theatre of,
557- Other ancient public
buildings there, 558.
Catterpillars, which infeft vines,
how deftroyed, 588.
Cattle, an uncommon difeafe
among them defcribed, 581.
Advantages of breeding, 587.
See Oxen.

Cecil, prime minifter to Q. Eliz.
his great character as a politi-
cian, 650.

Centuripi, an ancient city in Si-

cily, vefliges of, 560.
Céré, M. on the culture of rice,
418.

Chabert, M. defcribes a double

focked plough, 155. A difeafe
in theep, 332. A difcafe in

cattle, 581.
Chais, Rev. Mr. Charles, his
pothumous fermons highly
commended, 565.

Chancy, M. experiments on the

culture of potatoes, 584.
Chaptal, M. on the cryftallization.
of oil of vitriol, 619.
Charondas, the leg flator, debate
among the learned concerning
him, 64
Chatterton, poetical tribute to
223

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