is said to be mild, and even cowardly in its disposition. I ness of a finger, and in length according to the intended Its food is small fish and worms. As an article of commerce the sturgeon is peculiarly valuable. It was in high repute among the ancient Greeks and Romans. Pliny states, that it was brought to table with much pomp and ornamented with flowers; the slaves who carried it being also adorned with garlands, and accompanied by music. The flesh of the animal, pickled, is sent all over Europe, and is a great delicacy. Caviar is prepared from the roe: this is freed from its membranes, then washed in vinegar or white wine, and dried by being spread on a board in the air. It is afterwards well salted; the salt being rubbed in with the hand; it is then put into a bag, and the liquor pressed out; it is finally packed in kegs, and is then ready for sale. This is the method of preparing caviar at the mouths of the Volga, Danube, Dnieper, and Don. In 1833, the quantity of caviar shipped from the ports of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azof alone, exceeded a million and a half English pounds weight, and this was but a very small part of the annual supply, because in consequence of the three annual seasons of fasting in Russia the consumption is very great. The principal exports are to Italy; the demand for caviar in England being small. The best caviar is dry and of a brown colour: it is eaten on bread with oil and lemonjuice, or vinegar. Mr. Long, in his Travels in North America, speaks highly in favour of sturgeon broth, and suggests that fish-broths in general have not met with the attention they deserve. He states that at Albany, the sturgeon is so common, that it is sold at a penny per pound, and is called Albany beef. Many persons have noticed the resemblance of some parts of the Sturgeon to beef; but the resemblance of the white parts to veal is striking, and generally admitted. Mr. Donovan in his Domestic Economy, says:— size of the staple; a thin membrane is usually selected from the centre of the roll, round which the rest are folded alternately, and about half an inch of each extremity of the roll is turned inwards. The proper dimensions being thus obtained, the two ends of what is called, "short staple" are fastened together by means of a small wooden peg; the middle of the roll is then pressed downwards, which gives it the form of a heart, and thus it is hung up to dry. The sounds which form the "long staple" are of a longer size, but the workman can add to the length by interfolding the ends of several pieces of the sounds. The ends are fastened with a peg as before, but the middle part of the roll is more considerably bent, and in order to preserve the shape of the three angles thus formed, a piece of stick is fastened in each angle: when sufficiently dry, the pegs and sticks are removed and the drying completed; lastly, the pieces of isinglass are collected in rows by passing a thread through the peg-holes for convenience of package and exportation. The "long staple" is the best isinglass, and is used in confectionary and at the table. The common sorts of isinglass, called "book" and "ordinary staple," are composed of membranes which do not admit of being formed into rolls; the pieces, therefore, after their sides are folded inwardly, are bent in the centre in such a manner, that the opposite sides resemble the cover of a book, whence its name. Isinglass is one of the purest and finest of the animal glues and has no particular smell or taste. Beaten into threads, it dissolves in boiling water or milk, and yields a mild nutriment. Isinglass is gelatine nearly pure. Four parts of it convert one hundred parts of water into a tremulous jelly, and it is thus employed to enrich many soups and sauces. It is also used with gum to give lustre to ribbons and other silk articles: dissolved in alcohol with gum ammoniac, it forms the celebratea Slices of sturgeon, nicely dressed in the manner of a veal-diamond cement, so called because the Turks employ it cutlet, are only to be distinguished from the latter by the superiority of the meat, and a certain superadded flavour, which appears to me most to resemble that of the scallop shell-fish, and which exists barely in a recognizable degree. This resemblance to veal is equally observable in the appearance of the flesh, both raw and fried, as well as in the taste. It is usual to make Sturgeon pies, and these are scarcely distinguishable from meat-pies. Were animals to be classed according to their qualities as food, the Sturgeon would certainly be removed from the fishes, and placed amongst the land animals: even the back-bone, if such it may be called, it being mere cartilage, has the appearance and taste of the harder cartilages in veal. I believe the Sturgeon is the only fish which is roasted on a spit like meat. The Sturgeon is in season during the winter quarter and part of spring. It sells in London at 1s. or 1s. 3d. per pound, but does not often appear in the market. It should be firm; if flabby, its value is greatly lessened. The roe in the recent state is little sought after in this country. A smaller species of Sturgeon, called the sterlet, found in Russia, is in much higher esteem for the table, than the common species. The soup of this fish formed one of the favourite luxuries of that gigantic epicure, prince Potemkin of Russia, who, as Dr. Shaw relates, in seasons when this fish happened to be unusually dear, was content to purchase it at a price so extravagant that a single tureen, forming the mere prelude to his repast, cost him the sum of three hundred rubles: "a sum," says Swainson, "which, had it been expended in promoting the happiness of his miserable serfs, might have called down blessings on the head of this worthless sensualist." The best isinglass is furnished by the Sturgeon. It is extensively prepared in Russia by the following method. The membranes of the fish, especially its airbladder and sounds, which are remarkably large, are taken from the fish while fresh, slit open, washed in cold water, and exposed for a short time to the air in order to stiffen; the outer skin is then taken off and rejected. The other portions are formed into rolls about the thick in setting their precious stones or jewellery, and if well made, the cement preserves its transparency after the setting. Diamond cement is much used in our own country for the humbler purpose of joining broken pieces of glass and china. the brewer uses it extensively for making his beer transIsinglass is also used for "fining" various liquors: parent, for which purpose crude isinglass is dissolved in sour beer and thus poured into the cask, where, as it is commonly supposed, the floating particles are entangled by the fining stuff added; and the whole is carried down, as if by a net, straining the liquor from the top to the bottom. silk with a coat of isinglass. Post office stamps are Court plaster is made by covering taffety or thin also made to adhere by means of a similar coating. Isinglass has also been made to perform the office of window glass. Sheets of wire gauze set in window or lamp frames, and plunged into a limpid solution of isinglass, when cold have the appearance of glass. If one dip be not sufficient to make a proper transparent film to dry before another dip is made. The outer plate, several may be given, taking care to allow one surface should be varnished to protect it from damp air. tine are usefully employed for lamps instead of horn; In the maritime arsenals of France, these panes of gelathey possess the advantage of being almost as transparent as glass without being so brittle. THE ancient philosophers comprised their wisdom in short THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD. ANCIENT writers relate the existence of certain masterpieces of art, which, for their vastness or beauty, have been denominated wonders. Every age has, doubtless, contributed its own wonders to these records of human ingenuity; and, to this day, every country of the world has its own class of wonders. But, the earliest authors have conferred a celebrity upon certain monuments of astounding labour, which the productions of subsequent ages have not exceeded in vastness or magnificence of character. These are distinctively termed THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD; and though, different writers raise different productions to such pre-eminence, the following may be received as the most accredited enumeration of these wonders: 1. The Great Pyramid of Egypt. 3. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. 5. The Temple of Diana, at Ephesus. 7. The Tomb of Mausolus. It must not, however, be concealed, that the descriptions of these works are so interspersed with fabulous history, that it is difficult to distinguish fact from fiction, especially as vastness is uniformly the characteristic of the objects described. Their proportions may have become more gigantic by that love of exaggeration which may be too frequently detected in the records of the works of man, by early writers. Contemporaries, who first chronicled these wonders, may have been accurate in their details, and their successors may have imposed upon the credulity of mankind; and, in most instances, the truth would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to determine. However their monuments of art may have ministered to human vanity, it must be allowed, that the imperfections of their history, and, more than all, their disappearance, or present ruinous condition, furnishes an eloquent rebuke to the vain glory of their founders, and leads man from the admiration of these crumbling prodigies of art to the contemplation of the nobler works of him whose omnipotence reigneth for ever. THE GREAT PYRAMID OF EGYPT usually ranks as the first wonder. This gigantic structure is named after its founder Cheops, King of Egypt, whose tomb it is supposed to be. Its building is stated by Pliny and Diodorus Siculus, to have occupied 360,000 men for tw nty years. It is 700 feet in the side of its base, and 500 in perpendicular height, and stands on eleven acres of ground. A better idea to all acquainted with London is the fact, that the base of this Pyramid is the size of Lincoln's Inn Fields, and its height 127 feet greater than the cross of St. Paul's Cathedral, or equal to the spire of Salisbury Cathedral. THE WALLS OF BABYLON, (for ages the most famous city in the whole world,) rather resemble the bulwarks of nature than the workmanship of man. Their extent is computed by Major Rennell at 34 miles, or 84 on each side. They were so broad, that, as ancient historians relate, six chariots could be driven on them abreast; or, a chariot and four horses might pass and turn. Their height was 50 cubits, or 75 feet, having been reduced to their dimensions from the prodigious height of 350 feet. Yet these walls are so " utterly broken," that it cannot be determined with certainty that even the slightest vestige of them exists. Mr. Buckingham, a few years since, discovered on the eastern boundary of the ruins of Babylon, on the summit of an oval mound from 70 to 80 feet in height, and from 300 to 400 feet in circumference, "a mass of solid wall, about 30 feet in length, by 12 or 15 feet in thickness, yet evidently once of much greater dimensions each way;" and this heap, Mr. Buckingham conjectured to be a part-the only part, if such it be, that can be discovered of the walls of Babylon. THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON were distinguished by their romantic situation and vast extent. Their form was square, and, according to Diodorus and Strabo, each side was 400 feet in length, so that the area of the base was nearly four acres. They were made to rise with terraces, curiously constructed in the form of steps, and supported by stone pillars to the height of more than 300 feet, gradually diminishing upwards. This building was constructed by vast stone beams placed on pillars of stone, (arches not being then invented,) which were again covered with reeds, cemented with bitumen, and next was laid a double row of bricks, united by cement. Over these were laid plates of lead, which effectually prevented the moisture from penetrating downwards. Above all was laid a coat of earth, sufficiently deep for plants to grow in it, and the trees here planted, were ranged in rows on the side of the ascent, as well as on the top, so that, at a distance, it appeared as an immense pyramid covered with wood; and being situated upon the banks of the river Euphrates, water was supplied from thence by machinery, for the fountains and other sources for cooling the air and watering the garden. The different groves and terraces also contained parterres, seats, and banquetting rooms, and presented retirement in the midst of civic mirth and din; thus combining the splendour and luxury of eastern magnificence in art, with the simple pleasures of verdant and beautiful nature, the prospect from these elevated gardens was grand and delightful. From the upper area was obtained not only a view of the whole city of Babylon, and the windings of the Euphrates, which washed the base of the superstructure 300 feet below, but of the cultivated environs of the city and surrounding desert, as far as the eye could reach. This surprising and laborious experiment, (Mr. J. Mason observes,) was a strain of complaisance in King Nebuchadnezzar to his Median queen, who could never be reconciled to the flat and naked appearance of the province of Babylon, but frequently regretted each rising hill and scattered forest she had formerly delighted in. The king, who thought nothing impossible for his power to execute, nothing to be unattempted for the gratification of his beloved consort, determined to raise woods and terraces even within the precincts of the city, equal to those by which her native land was diversified. Yet, many writers doubt the existence of these gardens: Quintus Curtius refers to their description as "fabulous wonders;" and Herodotus, who describes Babylon minutely, does not mention the Hanging Gardens; and the only author who speaks of them on his own testimony, is Berosus. The most reasonable conclusion at which the moderns have arrived, from these and other conflicting testaments, is, that they were a vast hill cut into terraces, and planted; and some late travellers have fancied that they could discover traces of such a work. The immense height of these gardens, and their projecting in terraces, probably suggested the epithet of hanging. The supposed remains of these gardens are detached por tions of a wall, which probably composed the piers or buttresses of the terraces. In the ruins, lines of long passages and square chambers may be easily traced, which commanded a view of the city. Amongst these ruins stands a solitary tree, of a species altogether strange to this country. It bears every mark of high antiquity, its originally enor mous trunk being worn away, and shattered by time, while its spreading and evergreen branches are particularly beautiful, and adorned with long tress-like tendrils; probably the last descendant of those hanging gardens, which were numbered among the wonders of the world". THE PHAROS OF ALEXANDRIA was a celebrated watchtower, built upon the islet of Pharost. It was finished *HEEREN'S Historical Researches.-Asiatic Nations, vol. ii. + See Saturday Magazine, vol. xii., pp. 40, 208. contributed their trinkets towards the general funds raised for this purpose. The architect was the celebrated Dinocrates, who also built the city of Alexandria. The dimensions of the temple were 420 feet long, by 220 feet broad. It had 127 columns, each 60 feet high, which were donations from kings. Thirty-six were carved; the order Ionic. It had eight columns in front. treasured up, highly polished, for four generations; and they were found as fresh and beautiful 400 years after, as when new. The ceiling was of cedar; and the steps for ascending the roof, of a single stem of a vine. The whole altar was full of the works of Praxiteles. The offerings were inestimable; and, among them was a picture by Apelles, representing Alexander armed with thunder; for which the painter was paid twenty talents in gold, about 38,650. in the first year of the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus; it having been begun several years before by order of Ptolemy Soter. The tower was a large square structure of white marble, and is stated to have been visible a hundred miles distant. It consisted of several stories and galleries, with a lantern at top, in which a light was continually burning, for the direction of sailors. Ptolemy Evergetes, the successor of Ptolemy Philadel-The folding doors were of cypress wood, which had been phus, is stated by several ancient writers to have placed in this Pharos, a mirror which represented accurately everything which was transacted throughout Egypt; and some writers affirm, that with this mirror an enemy's fleet could be seen at the distance of 100 leagues. It is scarcely necessary to observe the powers of this mirror must be strangely exaggerated; on which account the existence of the mirror has been disbelieved. Abulfeda, however, describes the mirror to have been of Chinese iron, and adds, that soon after Mohammedanism prevailed, the ́ Chinese destroyed it by stratagem. Buffon thinks, that by Chinese iron, Abulfeda meant polished steel; but there seems more plausibility in the conjecture of an acute writer in the Philosophical Magazine, 1805, who supposes the metal to have been what is known to us by the name of tutanag, a Chinese metallic compound, which might be valued then, as it now is, for the high polish it receives. A French writer, Father Abbat, attempts to explain the exaggeration of the powers of this mirror, by observing that,——— If it existed, it is probable that it was the only one of its kind, and that no other means had been then found of viewing distant objects distinctly. It must, therefore, have been considered as a great wonder in those times, and must have filled with astonishment all who saw its effects, which, had they not been greater than those of a small telescope, could not fail to be regarded as a prodigy. Hence it is natural to think, that these effects were exaggerated beyond all probability, and even possibility. If we abstract these from the accounts of the mirror of Ptolemy, the evident exaggerations of ignorance, nothing will remain but, that at some distance, provided nothing was interposed between the objects and the mirror, those objects were seen more distinctly than with the naked eye; and that with the mirror many objects were seen, which, because of their distance, were imperceptible without it. Of the once splendid Pharos, not a vestige remains at this day; the traveller only finding, instead, an irregularly built castle, from the middle of which rises a tower which serves as a lighthouse, but not to remind the spectator, except by contrast, of the beauty and grandeur of the ancient structure. The Temple of DIANA, at Ephesus, the capital of Ionia, in Asia Minor, is, by many olden writers, considered to have been the most surprising of these wonders. It was the great boast of the Ephesians, the principal ornament of their city, and the depository of the image of their tutelary goddess, Diana. This superb structure was situated between the town and harbour of Ephesus. It seems to have been several times (Pliny says seven times,) ruined and rebuilt, a circumstance which occurs in ancient writers as to the dates and descriptions of these successive erections. One of them is expressly affirmed by Livy to have been completed in the reign of Servius Tullius, who flourished, at the latest, 500 years before Christ. Another is described, which was originally designed by Ctesiphon, a. Cuossian artist, 541 years before the Christian era, whose plan was continued by Demetrius, a priest of Diana, and at length completed by Daphnis of Miletus, and 1 citizen of Ephesus. One of its destroyers was the notorious Erostratus, 356 B.C., who set fire to the building on the night of the birth of Alexander the Great, his only object in burning the temple being to perpetuate his The temple, however, was rebuilt wit'n greater magnificence than ever, by the Ephesians, whose women name. * Translated from Les Amusemens Philosophiques, Marseilles. 1763. This last temple was plundered by Nero, who carried off an immense quantity of gold and silver; afterwards, in the time of Gallienus, by Goths from beyond the Danube, who obtained a prodigious booty; but the particulars of its final distribution are not on record. Its ruins are now the residence of cowherds and their cattle: from their minute examination by recent travellers, they appear to have been cased and encrusted with rich marbles. The once splendid city of Ephesus is a poor village, called Aiasoleik. Although we find the frequent destruction of the temple of Diana narrated in history, it is difficult to conceive that an edifice of stone could have been entirely destroyed by fire, or if destroyed, that it could have been replaced by the Ephesians, when we find that all the cities of Asia Minor contributed towards the original building, which occupied 220 years in its erection. The narratives of its destruction may, however, possibly relate to the burning of the roof, certain rooms, sacred utensils, and the injury of the costly embellishments. It was, at length, sacked of its valuables, many of which are stated to adorn the mosques of Constantinople to this day. THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES, was a gigantic brazen image of Apollo, whom the Rhodians considered their tutelar deity. Muratori reckons its history among the fables of antiquity, and it so abounds with contradictions, that it would be a more tedious than useful task to attempt to reconcile the conflicting statements. The first artisan employed upon this prodigious statue is said to have been Chares, the disciple of Lysippus, 300 years B.C. He had scarcely half finished the work, when, finding that he had expended all the money he had and hanged himself. Laches, his fellow countryman, received for the whole, he was overwhelmed with despair, finished the work in the space of three Olympiads, or twelve years. The statue was placed with its feet upon the two moles which formed the entrance of the harbour of Rhodes; and ships passed in full sail between its legs. Its height was 70 cubits, or 105 feet. easily be discerned the shores of Syria, and the ships A winding staircase ran to the top, whence could that sailed on the coast of Egypt; some accounts state that in the right hand was a large lantern, from which circumstance the statue is supposed to have served as a light-house. It had stood scarcely 60 years, when the figure was thrown from its place by an earthquake, and broken off at the knees. Thus it remained for the space tributions to repair it; but they divided the money of 894 years, although the Rhodians received large conamongst themselves, and cunningly frustrated the expectforbade them to raise the statue up again from its ruins. ations of the donors, by saying that the oracle of Delphi then became masters of Rhodes, to a Jewish merchant At length, A.D. 684, it was sold by the Saracens, who of Edessa, the value of the brass being estimated at 36,000 pounds English money. Some antiquarians have thought that the fine head of the sun, which is stamped upon the Rhodian medals, is a representation of that of the Colossus; and the conjecture is reasonable. The seventh wonder was the TOMB OF MAUSOLUS, king of Caria, which was built by his queen, Artemisia, in Halicarnassus, 351 B.C.; and whence a superb tomb is to this day called a Mausoleum. The principal architeets of Greece laboured on this magnificent structure. It was an oblong square, 411 feet in compass, and 130 feet high. The principal side was adorned with 36 columns, and 24 steps led to the entrance. The top was conical, and surmounted with a chariot drawn by 4 horses, sculptured by Pythes. Bryaxes, Scopas, Leochares, and Timotheus made the decorations on the four sides; and Vitruvius thought that it was enriched by the sculptures of Praxiteles. Artemisia died before the completion of the monument, but the artists finished it without compensation, that they might not be deprived of the honour of their labour. The expenses of the building were so immense, as to have occasioned the philosopher Anaxagoras to exclaim, when he saw it, "How much money changed into stones!" THE CHINESE FEAST OF THE LANTERNS. THE commencement of the year in China is observed as the greatest festival in the empire, and the whole of the first month is a season of continued rejoicings. Of these the most splendid is the Feast of the Lanterns, which is held on the fifteenth day, when there is such a profusion of lanterns hung out of the houses that, to a stranger, the whole empire has the appearance of fairy land. All ranks contribute to this national festival. The grandees retrench daily, and reduce the expenses of their table, equipage, and dress, in order that they may expend more on their lanterns, some of which are said to cost two thousand crowns. The middle classes will expend fifty or sixty crowns on the occasion, and even the poorest will exert themselves to join the illumination. In short, in city and country,-on the coast and on the rivers, every person lights up his painted lanterns. These lanterns are of various forms and sizes. Some of them are so capacious as to resemble mansions, wherein the Chinese eat, lodge, receive visits, have balls, and act plays. Those which are hung from the houses are framed of wood, richly gilt, japanned, and carved and decorated with streamers of silk or satin. Over these frames is stretched fine transparent silk, on which are painted various devices, as human figures, quadrupeds, birds, trees, flowers, &c,, the colours of which are very brilliant, when the lantern is lit by lamps or wax candles. The largest lanterns frequently exhibit figures which are set in motion by hidden threads. In this manner the spectators outside the lanterns are often amused by the spectacle of horses galloping, ships sailing, and armies in full march. Some lanterns are lit by serpents, illuminated within from the head to the tail, and contrived to writhe about as if they were alive. MANY persons pass much of their time in a state of inquietude and constant irritation, although they are in health, and have the means of satisfying the common wants of life, and even abundantly. As to the present, they have some unreasonable desire, which cannot be satisfied, or which cannot be, without causing a suffering more intolerable than the unsatisfied desire. As to the past, they dwell on the memory of some good which they think might have been obtained, or on some wrong or blunder by which some good was lost. As to the future, they dread some possible evil, and the more because of the uncertainty of its nature, and of the time and manner of its coming, and which may never come. There are many persons who are habitually discontented. They find everything goes wrong. weather is bad; their food is not as they would have it; no one does anything in the right time, or in the right manner; or that is done which should not be, or that is omitted which should be done. Such persons are always groaning, sighing, or grumbling. They dislike everybody, and everybody dislikes them; and particularly, their abundant adrice is disliked, and their manner of giving it.-S. The THE FETISH. THE term Fetish is derived either from the word fetisse, a block adored as an idol; or from feticzeira, an enchantress. The Portuguese first gave this name to the idols of the negroes on the Senegal; and afterwards the word received a more extensive meaning. The general application of fetish now seems to be to an object worshipped, not representing a living figure. Such a figure is more properly speaking, an idol. Hence, stones, arms, vessels, plants, &c., which are objects of worship, are fetishes. Among the natives of the Gold Coast of Africa, the superstition of the fetish prevails to a baneful extent. The supernatural powers, infuse into the minds of the people fetishmen, so called from their being supposed to possess the belief of its influence, with the view of being consulted on every occasion of trouble. An individual who has been robbed, or has experienced some other calamity, immedi ately consults a fetishman to discover the thief, or cause of the evil; who, after making use of some pretended magic art, and having obtained answers to questions put by him to the applicant, unhesitatingly denounces some unfortunate being as the robber or witch. The fetishmen are without difficulty bribed, and they accept the bribe under the cloak of having first consulted the deity, who had agreed to receive a certain sum. They will afterwards demand more money in the name of the fetish, whom they will state as not being satisfied. So great is the dread of the natives to offend the fetish, that they even pawn their own children to raise the means of appeasing his wrath. When a person is afflicted with any alarming disease, application for relief is made to the fetishman, who, perhaps, will order an egg near hatching, or a chicken, to be laid on a certain spot in some highway, in order to transfer the complaint to the person who might unthinkingly tread upon it. Passengers noticing any of these charms lying in their way, carefully avoid them, and no one will dare to remove them out of their path. At Cape Coast, the women, who are generally employed in celebrating the yam harvest, make public offerings in a body to the great fetish; which is a large rock lying close to the walls of the castle. It breaks the great waves of the sea that incessantly dash against it, and thus preserves the fortification from injury by the surge. Another great fetish which they have is a salt pond, in which large and delicious mullets are taken. Previous to the offering to the fetish, consisting, generally, of yams, eggs, palm oil, and the blood of some animal, being made, the women with their faces and limbs chalked, parade the town in a body, each carrying her own portion in a calabash, or earthen vessel. They then visit the rock, on which they deposit their oblations; and, no sooner do they depart than the turkey buzzards, apparently aware of what is going on, approach and devour the offer ings; and it is considered a great offence to the fetish to destroy any of these birds. All families of consequence have also their own private fetish, which they keep concealed in their houses, but denote its presence there by signs hung outside on the doors. This has a great effect in deterring thieves from the premises*. Captain Tuckey describes a fetish which he saw at Embooma, on the River Congo. It was about the size of a large doll, and the most grotesque figure imaginable. These fetishes are indifferently carved out of wood, or made of rags, the eyes and teeth are of shells, and the whole appearsuch things as children would contrive in sport. Nevertheance as hideous as the workmanship is clumsy. They are less, they are unceasingly worshipped and prayed to, though with no great ceremony or devotion. When a glass of raises his fetish, into whose face he puffs his breath once or brandy is given to an African, he puts it to his lips, then twice, with a blowing whistling noise; and then he swallows the dram. A similar action, or a whisper in the ear, takes place whenever the fetish is consulted. Communicated by Major Ricketts to the Literary Gazette. LONDON: JOHN WILLIAM PARKER, WEST STRAND. PUBLISHED IN WEEKLY NUMBERS, PRICE ONE Penny, and in MONTHLY PARTS, PRICE SIXPENCE. Sold by all Booksellers and Newsvendors in the Kingdom. THE above cut represents a house, which, however | went to the University of Leipsic, afterwards to that remarkable for its form and appearance, derives its chief interest from having been the residence of Godfrey William Leibnitz, an eminent natural philosopher and mathematician of the seventeenth century. Leibnitz was born at Leipsic, in the year 1646. His father, secretary of the University, dying when Godfrey was only six years old, the latter was placed at school, where he distinguished himself by the ardour with which he studied the classical writers; and he performed his task with such ease and quickness that he used to have time to assist his less precocious school-fellows in the preparation of their lessons. At the age of fifteen he OL. XVIII. of Jena, and again to Leipsic. Here he studied philosophy and mathematics, and also became so familiar with the writings of Plato, Aristotle, and other Greek philosophers, that he used to ramble about the woods for a whole day at a time, pondering on what he had read, and endeavouring to reconcile the discordant doctrines of his favourite writers. His advancement in the study of law was as rapid as that in classical learning, insomuch that at the age of twenty he was made Doctor of Laws in the University of Altorf, and was offered the Professorship of Law in the same university. Leibnitz declined the latter office, 558 |