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actly 16 years absence, several of her old friends. visiters and admirers yet alive, by all of whom she was welcomed and visited from varied motives of love or curiosity.

Taking her departure from Rio De Janeiro, she at last reached, amid various perils, the British shore, and landed at Liverpool, whence, on her mistress' lap, she journeyed by short stages to London, where becoming an object of curiosity, her visiters were numerous, and at the door of the house where she resided, a royal carriage has been seen to stop. To the eye and tongue of curiosity the owners were nothing, but the cat every thing. Having lived thus about two years, she pined in the absence of her master, and at his return from an inland journey, she looked up, recognized him, held out her paw and died, on the 13th October, 1812, aged 18 years, 10 months and 7 days.

ΕΡΙΤΑΡΗ. Near this spot,

are deposited the remains of
a loving mother,
a kind nurse,

and an affectionate and dutiful servant,

who,

not guilty of crime, or even accused of any, was for many years banished from

HER NATIVE COUNTRY,

and unconscious whither travelling,
circumnavigated the globe.

No wealth did she inherit or acquire, yet lived and died

FREE FROM DEBT.

Cyprinus teres, Mit. Sucker.
Esox pisculentus, Mit. White bellied killifish,
APPENDIX.

Mya arenaria, Pen. Soft shell clam.
Venus Mercenaria, Lin. Pennant. Hard shell
clam.

Ostrea edulis, Pen. Edible oyster.
Crabs, &c.

1. APODAL FISHES.

Common Eel.-The common eel continued to be sold at the same price, and in the same manner, during February, as in the preceding month.

Sea Eel-A large sea eel was brought to market and thence sent to Dr. Mitchill, who, upon examining it, found some specific marks of difference between it and our commou or river eel, and he accordingly named it the Anguilla oceanica. It never frequents our rivers or bays, but keeps on the borders of the ocean, and is occasionally taken on the fishing banks, where cod, black-fish, and sea-bass feed. The individual sent to Dr. Mitchill weighed over nine pounds, and was good eating.

2. JUGULAR FISHES.

Common Cod, and Haddock.-The common cod continued to be plentifully and readily sold in February, at four cents per pound from the pickle; sounds and tongues at eight cents; fresh and dried cod at five cents. The fresh cod, however, were very thin and poor, and no better than meagre shad.

Tom-cods.-These excellent little pan-fish continued to be sold in small bunches from

Always clean and neat in her attire, during a nine to twelve cents. Many of them, how

long life,

her fashion she altered not.

ever, were so small (being no larger than the finger) that it appeared to me improper

Unpractised in slander, and a pattern to the that they should be taken or exposed for

SEX,

she was without vice.

Yet mistake not, gentle reader-this inscription is not meant for a WOMAN,

BUT A CAT;

sale, and that some legal provision might be made to protect them till larger grown. 3. THORACIC FISHES.

Black-fish, or Tautog.-Black-fish continued to be exposed for sale in this month, at Who departed this life on a Friday, the 13th eight cents per pound. The weather having

of October, 1812,

aged

been uniformly cold, these fish were immediately frozen when taken from the cars. eighteen years ten months and seven days. The membrane which covers the vent in the winter months was very evident on inspection.

ALAS, POOR PUSS!

Economical history of the Fishes sold in the markets of the City of New-York. By Dr. Samuel Akerly.

FOR FEBRUARY, 1818.
1. APOUAL FISHES.
Anguilla vulgaris, Mitchill. Common eel.
Anguilla oceanica, Do. Sea eel.

2. JUGULAR FISHES.

Gadus Morhua, Lin. Mit. Cuv. Common cod.
Gadus æglefinus, Mit. The Haddock.
Gadus tomcodus, Mit. Tom cod or frost-fish.
3. THORACIC FISHES.

Labrus tautoga. Mit. New-York black-fish.
Tautog.

Labrus auritus. Mit. Pond-fish.
Bodianus flavescens, Mit. Yellow perch.
Scomber vernalis, Mit. Spring-mackerel.
Pleuronectes Plances, Mit. New-York flat-fish.

4. ABDOMINAL FISHES.

Salmo salar, Lin. Mit. Common Salmon. Clupea Alosa, Mit. Donovan. New-York Shad.

Pond-fish-A few individuals of this beautiful fish were exposed in bunches together with the yellow perch brought from New Jersey. This pond-fish is the Labrus auritus of Dr. Mitchill, and the fish taken in the same waters, and called by him the Labrus appendix, has been considered only as a variety of the first. My brother brought specimens of both from Ulster County last summer, and from the drawings which I made, it is very evident they are different species. To make this clear and satisfactory we shall give a delineation of both in a future num▲ ber.

Striped-bass, or Rock-fish.-This excellent fish continued to be offered for sale in considerable quantity during the whole month, notwithstanding the cold weather and the ice obstructing our bays and rivers. The price continued as in January. The fish were frozen stiff, and in this state they have

been sent with black-fish to Albany and other places in the interior of the country.

Yellow Perch. The Bodianus flavescens or yellow perch were, as last month, offered in bunches, but not in great plenty, and having some of the pond-fish or Labrus auritus united with them.

Spring Mackerel.-This fish continued to be sold in a pickled state from the stalls as in January. It is also sold by the grocers as well as shad and other pickled fish.

New-York flat-fish.-Flat-fish continued to be brought to market this month, though not in great plenty, nor in much demand.

Salmon.--Pickled Salmon at twelve cents per pound continued on the stalls as heretofore. I have seen no fresh salmon this winter, though sometimes brought in ice from the northern lakes and rivers, where they are taken under the ice with spears.

Shad.-Shad has not yet appeared, and indeed it is too early by several weeks for his annual visit. Pickled shad is sold by retail by most of the grocers in the city, and is not offered on the fish stalls of the markets. This fish is introduced at present for the purpose of offering a report on the subject of the shad fishery as made to the corporation of the city during the present month; and as the subject will soon engage the attention of the legislature, it is thought to be a proper time to give it

currency.

The inhabitants of Kings County, (though not within the jurisdiction of the Corporation,) applied by memorial to the Common Council, to sanction and second their petition to the Legislature, that the law "To protect the fishing in Hudson's River, and to prevent obstructions in the navigation thereof," should not be repealed. It appeared that a petition was about to be presented to the Legislature of New-York, praying that the above-mentioned law might be repealed. The owners of the upland and the fishery, along the shores of the same would be materially affected by such repeal, and their petition stated various points in which their rights would be invaded; but the only point in which the corporation could interpose their opinion, was in the effect that certain measures would have, injurious to the future and steady supply of shad to our markets, wherefore the committee to whom the subject was, referred only sanctioned their memorial, as it related to the supply of the fish markets.

There are three methods of fishing for shad in the river and bays about New York. The first is by the use of nets drawn along the shore. The second by hoop nets carried some distance into the river; and the third, by gill nets set in all parts of the river The latter method is the one complained of, and the most objectionable. The two first drive the fish from the shores into deeper water, and the gill nets harrass and obstruct their passage there. These are set perpendicularly in the river, and attached to upright poles driven into the mud in 20, 30, and more feet water. These poles offer obstructions to

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Your committee are also of opinion that the shad-fishery is of considerable importance to the city of New-York, as in the months of April and May, when shad are in plenty, butcher's meat and other provisions are cheap, and that in order to preserve the annual supply of shad, no obstructions should be permitted in the river that would tend to prevent the return of those fish to their usual haunts. It is well known that shad are migratory fish, and that they visit annually the same rivers to cast their spawn, and to return with their young to the depths of the ocean or other places of retreat and safety. The numbers that frequent our bay and the Hudson river are already much less than in former years, and it is feared that if additional obstructions are suffered to be placed in the river, the run of shad in a few years will be entirely destroyed. Wherefore the committee concur in the opinion with the inhabitants of Kings County that the law "To protect the fishing in Hudsons river, and to prevent obstructions in the navigation thereof" should not be repealed.

Which is respectfully submitted.

SAMUEL AKERLY.

Signed REUBEN MUNSON.

New-York Sucker.-This fish is a species of carp, and called by Dr. Mitchill, Cyprinus teres. It is sometimes, during the winter month, sbrought to our markets from the Croton river and other small streams of this state. It is taken by cutting holes in the ice. It is a moderately good fish in the winter, bat in warm weather the flesh is poor and flabby, and then seldom exposed for sale. Our markets have a supply of fish so much better, that the sucker is not in much de-. mand. Its ordinary size is from 12 to 14 inches long.

Killifish. The killifish frequent the shallows of the bays and the small streams of salt water, following the recess of the tides and advancing with the flood. There are several species of them, and they afford sport to children during the summer months, and they fish for them with worms on a pin hook. In the winter they do not bite, but collect in great numbers and reside in the deep holes of creeks and bays. At such times they are taken by sweeping their haunts with a small scap-net, aud though they are not larger than the finger, they are brought to market for sale, and are esteemed

an excellent little pan fish. They are sold for twelve cents a quart. They are put into blood-warm water, which causes them to Vomit the contents of their stomachs, and thus they are prepared for cooking. The white-bellied killifish is the one under consideration, and is the Esox pisculentus of Mitchill's memoir. Killifish is a provincial word for all small fish in New-York, and appears to be derived from the Dutch word kill, applied to all small streams by the original settlers of New-York.

APPENDIX.

Soft-shell clams.-These continue to be plenty and good, from 37 to 50 cents per hundred opened and cleaned.

Hard shell clams.-Few or none of these appeared in market in February. They are not so good at this season as the other clams. Oysters.- -Oysters from the New-York banks, Long-Island, and Virginia, in great plenty in market, at oyster stands, and in our public houses, where they are eaten, roasted, fried, stewed, &c. They vary in price, according to size and quality, from 50 cents to five dollars per hundred.

Crabs.-Crabs continued to be exposed as in January, at 25 cents per dozen.

As raking for crabs in the winter uncovers and exposes many which are not taken, as from their torpid state they are unable to re

gain their hiding places, all those that are so uncovered are inevitably left to perish, and the breed of crabs, is thus, by repitition of these means, in danger of extermination. Wherefore a very long list of petitioners was presented to the corporation, praying that crabs might not be exposed for sale in the winter. This petition being referred to the market committee, they reported in favour of the prayer of the petition, and the following law was accordingly presented, approv ed, and passed.

A law to regulate the sale of crabs, passed 16th February, 1818.

BE it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of New-York, in common council convened. That if any person or persons shall sell, offer or expose for sale, in any of the public markets of this city, or in any street contiguous thereto, any of that species of shell-fish commonly called crabs, between the 15th day of December and the first day of March, in any year, every such person shall forfeit and pay for each and every offence the sum of 10 dollarsProvided that this ordinance shall not go into effect until the 15th day of December next.

By the Common Council.

J. MORTON, Clerk.

ART. 12. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT BRITAIN.

LIEUTENANT-Colonel Johnson is preparing for publication a Narrative of an Overland Journey from India, performed in the course of the present year, through the principal cities of Persia, part of Armenia, Georgia, over the Caucasus into Russia, through the territory inhabited by the Cossacks of the Don, to Warsaw, and thence through Berlin to Hamburg. The work will be accompanied with engravings illustrative of the more remarkable antiquities in those countries, the costume of the inhabitants, and other interesting subjects, from drawings executed in the course of the journey.

Early in December will be published, in one large volume, 12mo. the Juvenile Botanist's Companion, or Complete Guide to the Vegetable Kingdom, by Robert Thornton, M. D.

Speedily will be published in one volume 8vo. Rome, Naples and Florence in 1817, consisting of sketches of the present state of society and manners, the arts, literature, &c. of those cities, with numerous anecdotes and conversations of distinguished writers, English and foreign.

A Narrative of Discoveries in Africa,

by Mr. Buckhardt, who has been for some years travelling in the countries, south of Egypt, in the disguise of an Arab, under the auspices of the African Association, is in the press. He is still prosecuting his discoveries, and is said to entertain sanguine hopes of being able to penetrate to Tombuctoo from the east, and proceed from tacity to the western coast.

The Rev. Mr. Maturin, author of the tragedy of Bertram, is printing a tale, in 3 volumes.

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the 322d and 330th day: mean term 826 -227 between the 330th and 359th: mean term 844-28 between the 361st and 419th: mean term 390. Between the shortest and longest gestation there was an interval of 97 days; as before, more than one-fourth of the mean dura

tion.

Observations were made on two she asses only one foaled on the 380th and the other on the 391st day.

:

Out of 912 ewes, 140 lambed between the 146th and 150th day mean term 143-676 between the 150th and 154th mean term 152-96 between the 154th and 161st mean term 157. Here the extreme interval is only 15 days, to a mean duration of 152-that is only onetenth.

The mean term of seven female buffaloes was 308 days, and the extreme difference 27 days.

The extreme gestations of 25 sows were 109 and 143 days.

The extreme terms of gestation of 172 rabbits were 27 and 35 days; difference 8. In the duration of the incubation of domestic fowls, differences of from 5 to 16 days were observed. These cannot be ascribed to accidental difference of temperature; for, according to the observations of Mr. Geoffroi de St. Hilaire, the same differences are found in the duration of the developement of the chickens hatched by the Egyptians in ovens.

From the whole of his observations M. Teissier infers, that the period of gestation is extremely variable in every species. Its prolongation does not seem to depend either upon the age or more or less robust constitution of the female, or upon the diet, the breed, the season, or the bulk of the fœtus, and still less upon the phases of the moon.

At a late meeting of the Royal Academy of Sciences, M. Moreau de Jonnes communicated some particulars respecting the great viper of Martinique in addition to those given in one of our late numbers. It is a fact that this serpent grows to the length of 7 or 8 feet, and to a diameter of four or five inches. M. Desfourneaux, a planter of Martinique, some months since killed one of these reptiles which had attained these dimensions, and which when erect on its tail would have considerably exceeded the height of a man. Upon an examination of the membranous sheath with which the mouth is laterally furnished, there were found on both sides sixteen channelled teeth of different sizes, but only two of these having reached their full

growth, served as formidable weapons to this enormous reptile. By a singularity worthy of remark, the trigonocephalus possesses the faculty of living alike in the marshes on the same level with the sea, and on the tops of mountains among the clouds, notwithstanding the difference of temperature which is equal to twelve degrees of the centigrade thermometer, and which in the torrid zone produces a very powerful impression on organized bodies. M. Desfourneaux has recently found, on ascending the volcanic peaks of Carbel, four of these vipers inhabiting the lofty forests of those mountains 1600 yards above the Atlantic.

An Apothecary of Amiens has just obtained a new and very lucrative product from potatoes by burning the stalks and leaves of the plant, and extracting the potash which they contain in abundance. Just when the flower begins to go off, at which time the stalk is in full vigour, the plants are cut with a sharp instru ment about five inches from the ground. The stumps soon throw out fresh shoots, which suffice to bring the roots to maturity. The plants after being cut are left eight days in the field to dry. They are then burned in the same manner as soda manufacturers burn kali, in a hole five feet in diameter and two feet deep. The ashes are washed, and the ley evaporated. By this process 2500 pounds weight of the salt is obtained per acre; the author of it calculates that the potatoes grown upon an acre will produce 225 francs, over and above the expense of cultivation; and that the salt from the same erea, deducting the cost of making, will be worth 816 francs, making a total of 1041 francs, upwards of £43 sterling.

ITALY.

M. Benvenuti of Florence has invented a machine by means of which any person, though unacquainted with drawing, is enabled to copy paintings in oil or fresco, and even to trace the contour of statues and other round bodies, either of the natural size or reduced to onetwelfth. This machine, which is far superior to the pantograph, will be particularly useful for frescoes; and it is even asserted that in this department it will do as much in one day as formerly required the labour of a month.

M. Bettoni, printer of Padua, has circulated the prospectus of a Collection of Lives and Portraits of Illustrious Men, in 4to. The list comprehends 79 names of distinguished persons of all ages and countries, excepting modern Italy. Among these are Alfred the Great, Bacon,

Harvey, Hume, Locke, Marlborough, Milton, Newton, Robertson, Shakspeare, and Washington. Each life will be printed in Latin, Italian, English, French, and

German.

AUSTRIA.

The number of German periodical works published at Vienna is more than a dozen. Two of them deserve to rank among the most celebrated in Germany.

GERMANY.

Dr. De Carro, the ardent and successful propagator of vaccination in the Austrian dominions, is employed in prosecuting experiments to ascertain the value of sulphureous acid fumigation externally applied, according to the method of Dr. Galès, of Paris, as a remedy in various diseases of the skin, joints, glands, and lymphatic system.

Dr. De Carro has obtained apparatuses from the French physician; and the Austrian government, on the report of a committee of professional men, sanctions and encourages the undertaking.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Messrs. Tanner, Vallance, Kearny and Co. of Philadelphia, have issued proposals for publishing an elegant Atlas, con

taining a map of the world, and maps of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America, and of the different States composing the American Union. The work will be published by subscription, in five numbers, at six dollars each number.

Henry Durell of New-York, is publishing, by subscription, a stereotype edition of Shakspeare, with the annotations of Johnson, Steevens, &c. &c. in ten voInmes, ornamented with plates.

John Jenkins, Esq. is now circulating, in New-York, his admirable treatise on the ART of WRITING. The simplicity and facility of his system of chirography give it a preference over every other which we have seen. In fact it supersedes the necessity of a writing-master. It has also another recommendation of no little weight-it requires no constraint of posture prejudicial to the health of the pupil. We sincerely hope that its ingenious author will derive an emolument from his labours, commensurate with the benefit he has conferred upon the community. His book should be adopted as a manual throughout the United States.

ART. 13. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

ENGLAND.

Johanna Southcott's followers. On the 14th of October, in a wood at Forest Hill, near Sydenham, the fanatical followers of Johanna Southcott sacrificed a black pig; each of the women present gave the pig nine blows on the head with a chopper; after which the men beat it with bludgeons till it was dead, then hung it up with a chain, and burnt it; they then scattered the remains over their heads, or trampled them under their feet.

A spectator inquiring the reason of this service, was informed, that they had copied from the scriptures 1115 verses, which proved the truth of their doctrines. The daughter of Zion,' (so they

called Johanna) said they, 'is gone to heaven, till the coming of Shiloh; and as types were used under the law as figures of our Saviour, so the burning of this pig signified the binding and burning of Satan; and, according to the miracle, (Luke viii.) their prophet had that morning ejected the evil spirit from their hearts, and it had entered into the swine.”

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. New adhesions have increased the number of auxiliaries to the American Bible Society to one hundred and thirtytwo.

On the 18th of January the Rev. Nathaniel Hewitt was installed Pastor of the first church and society of Fairfield, Connecticut.

ART. 14.

DEATH AND THE DRUNKARD.

HIS form was fair; his cheek was health,

His word a bond; his purse was wealth. With wheat his fields were covered o'er; Plenty sat smiling at his door.

His wife the fount of ceaseless joy:
How laugh'd his daughter, play'd his boy :

POETRY.

His library, though large, was read Till half its contents deck'd his head. At morn 'twas health, wealth, pure delight: 'Twas health, wealth, peace and bliss, at night. I wish'd not to disturb his bliss 'Tis gone: but all the fault was his.

The social glass I saw him seize, The more with festive wit to please,

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