the Prince of Saxe-Hilbourghaufen. The French came ⚫ against the town on the twelfth of July, and it was taken by affault on the fixteenth of September. This place having the river Scheld running on the fouth and foutheaft parts, and very ftrong lines ftretching from the north weftward through moraffes, it was only to be attacked between the north-eaft and fouth-east parts, and the French made their approaches on the eaft fide. The Journal given in this work is fomething more than what was publifhed in French in a quarto work printed at Strasbourg in the year 1750, and entitled, Plans et Journaux des fieges de la derniere guerre de Flandres raffemblés par deux capitaines eftrangers au fervice de France. For a copy of a manufcript journal of the fiege, kept by a very confiderable officer in the fervice of the Allies, and fent over to England for the ufe of a great perfon, fome time fince deceased, having fallen into the hands of the editor, he has blended the two journals together; and thereby, as he apprehends, has given a more diftinct account of the 'tranfactions on both fides, than has before been made ⚫ public.'

This tranfcript will be fufficient to inform the reader. what he may expect to find in the account of these three remarkable fieges, which are the more inftructive as they were formed in diftant periods of time: thus every improvement will be evidently confpicuous. Upon the whole, the translation appears to be a good one; and, we make no doubt, it will be very acceptable to our young students in the art of war.

Philofophical Tranfactions, Concluded. See our laft, Page 128.

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AVING given a separate account of the Mathematical Papers contained in this part of the volume, we fhall clafs the remaining articles, in like manner, under the sciences to which they more immediately relate; by which means, as we cannot enlarge upon each in their order, the reader may the more readily take a view of the entertainment and inftruction he is like to meet with, in his own particular branch of knowlege.

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The articles which belong to Natural Hiftory, &c. are as follow.

Art,

Of PLANTS.

Art. 65. Some Obfervations on the Sleep of Plants; and an Atcount of that Faculty which Linnæus calls VIGILIA FLORUM. By Mr. Pulteney of Leicester.

Acofta, and Profper Alpinus, are fuppofed to have been the firft who obferved that nocturnal change in the Leaves of Plants, fince called their Sleep. It is now more than twenty years fince Linnæus firft attended to it; and at prefent the Phænomenon, and its caufe, are very generally known. What the fame Naturalift calls the Vigilia Florum, is an appearance equally entertaining and curious. It is found, that by virtue of a certain quality, there are a clafs of Flowers, which open and fhut duly and conftantly at determinate hours; and this with fo little variation, in point of time, as to render them well worth the obfervation of all whofe tafte leads them this way. Linnæus has enumerated near fifty Plants, whose Flowers open and shut in this manner; a lift of which is annexed to this article.

Art. 86. Obfervations on the Sea Alga with broad Leaves. By Dr. Andrew Peyffonel.

Art. 90. A Lift of Fifty Plants prefented to the Society by the Apothecary's Company: for 1757.

Art. 91. A Memoir concerning a Genus of Plants called Lichen, &'c. By Dr. Watson.

This is a curious article, and well worth the perufal of the Botanist.

Art. 195. Singular Obfervations on the Manchinelle Apple. By Dr. Andrew Peytonel.

Tho' the fatal effects arifing from the Manchinelle Tree and its Fruit, are known to many, fome of our Readers may not have been informed, perhaps, that the Savages use the Juice of this Fruit to poifon their arrows, the wounds of which are thereby rendered mortal; that the rain which wafhes off the Leaves, and falls on the human body, caufes blifters to rife like boiling oil; and that even the fhade of the tree is fatal to thofe who fit under it. The fingular obfervations here made are, that a breeding woman eat three of these Apples, without receiving any prejudice from them; and that a man who had eaten two dozen of them was, by timely evacuations, happily relieved.

Art

Art. 114. A farther Account of the Poisonous Effects of the Hemlock Dropwort; or the Oenanthe Aquatica fucco virofo crocante of Lobel. By Dr. Watson.

In the month of June, 1746, Dr. Watfon communicated to the Society, an account of several French Prisoners having been poifoned by this Plant, at Pembroke. This account was published in the Tranfactions, and afterwards in moft of the periodical papers of the time. A late inftance, however, has evinced, fays this Gentleman, that thofe publications have not fully answered the end of the writer; the Plant in queftion not being yet fufficiently known and attended to. This inftance is here noticed in the cafe of one Mildane, a Cabinet-maker, of Havant in Hampshire; who, taking about five fpoonfuls of the Juice of this Root, inftead of the Water Parfnip, was foon after feized with vomiting and convulfions, in which he immediately died.

Art. 116. A Difcourfe on the Cinnamon, Caffia, or Canella. By Taylor White, Efq;

The intent of this Paper is to fhew, that the Caffia of Malabar and Sumatra might answer all the valuable purposes of the Cinnamon of Ceylon.

Of FOSSILES.

Art. 68. An Account of a Fofile Thigh-bone of a large Animal, dug up at Stonefield near Woodstock. By Mr. Joshua Platt.

Some Vertebræ of an enormous fize having been found, about three years ago, in the fame place, Mr. Platt, author of this paper, conceives the Thigh-bone now difcovered, might belong to the fame animal, which he fuppofes to have been an Hippopotamus or Rhinoceros, depofited there at the time of the Flood.

Art. 92. An Account of the Fofile Bones of an Allegator, found on the Sea-fhore, near Whitby in Yorkshire. By Captain Chapman.

These Bones were prefented, together with the Defcription and a Drawing of them, to the Society. They were found in a Stratum, what is there called Állum-rock, a kind of Black Slate; lying near fixty yards lower than the top of the cliff; which is continually wearing away, by the washing of the Sea, and must a Century ago have extended much farther than the spot where the Bones were found.

Art.

Art. 108. Is another Defcription of the fame Bones. By Dr.

Morton.

Art. 93. De Rariori quadam Orthoceratitis Specie, in Suecia reperta, tractatus: in Litor is a Nicholao de Himfel, M. D. Riga Livono, ad Gul. Watfon, M. D.

Of INSECTS, FISH, &c.

Art. 77. Obfervations on the Limax non Cochleata Purpuram ferens; the naked Snail producing Purple. By Dr. Andrew Peyffonel.

This Fish is foft, viscous, without fhell, fcales, or bones; being of the nature of the Polypi, without feet, fins, or any thing to fupply their places. Its motion is vermicular; and, like Slugs, it wreathes itself up, when touch'd, 'till it be quite round. It is commonly about four inches long, and two thick; and throws out its purple juice, as the Cuttlefish doth his ink. This juice is of a beautiful deep colour, and dies linen fo as not easily to be got out,

Art. 78. Obfervations on the Worms that form Spunges. By

the fame.

Art. 112. On the Corona Solis Marina Americana: or the American Sea-fun-crown. By the fame.

This infect bears a refemblance to the Flower called Corona Solis, from which, therefore, it takes its name. It is flat and round; and adheres to the rocks; bearing from the center certain rays, like white nerves, on a moist flesh, of a livid violet colour.

Art. 113. An Account of feveral rare Species of Barnacles. By John Ellis, Efq;

Among fourteen Papers relative to PHYSIC and SURGERY, the following are the most interesting.

Art. 59. An Account of the Effects of Electricity in Paralytic Cafes.

The ingenious Mr. Franklin of Philadelphia, relates in this article, the little fuccefs he met with, in his attempts to cure the Palfy by Electrification: the advantages the patients reaped by the operation not being lafting, but always fucceeded by a relapfe. We are hence led to fufpect the greater part of those numerous cures, boafted of in Scotland, Sweden, and many other countries, to have been of the fame tempo

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rary nature. It is, however, admitted, by this candid and ingenious obferver, that fome permanent advantage may poffibly be obtained, when the electric fhocks are accompanied with proper medicine and regimen, under the direction of a fkilful Physician.

Art. 66. The Cafe of a Boy troubled with convulfive Fits, cured by the Difcharge of Worms. By the Rev. Mr. Oram, Chaplain to the Bishop of Ely.

This is a very extraordinary cafe of a poor boy, in the moft miserable circumftances, who was yet aftonishingly relieved, by fwallowing near half a pint of White Paint; which, vomiting and purging him with great violence, brought away an infinite number of Worms, the cause of his diforder. In Art. 111, Dr. Wall has made fome observations on this cafe, and recommends Oil as a powerful Vermifuge. This is the form fuccefsfully prefcribed by the Phyficians of the Worcester Infirmary. R. Ol. Oliv. lb. fs. Sp. vol. aromat. 3ij M. cap. Gochl. iii. mane et H. S.

Art. 69. A Difcourfe of the Ufefulness of Inoculation of the Horned Cattle, to prevent the Contagious Diftemper among

them.

Dr. Layard, the author of this paper, having fome time ago written an Effay on the Contagion among the Cattle, he appears now extremely follicitous to establish the practice of Inoculating, to prevent its fatality. It was a very just remark, however, which the learned Prefident made on this fubject, that Before Inoculation could be practifed on the "Horned Cattle, it is neceffary to bring proofs, that this "difeafe is not fufceptible more than once; and also affur"ances, that a Recovery from the Distemper, by Inocula"tion, guards the Beaft from a fecond Infection." This our author endeavours to do, and appears to have fucceeded, as to the former part of the observation, viz. That Cattle having had the Diftemper in the natural way, are not subject to a second infection. As to the latter part of the Remark, the very few trials that have as yet been made, hardly afford examples fufficient to give fuch affurance. Indeed, even the great number of inftances brought to prove, that this Diftemper is not susceptible more than once, ought, perhaps, to be confined to the natural way of receiving the Contagion: because we ourselves are well affured, that of certain Cattle inoculated at Beverwyk in Holland, one of them had before REV. Sep. 1759.

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