tities in the dung of horses, especially of those which are fed on hard food; they are also met with in the dung of other animals, but much more sparingly, which must either depend upon the organs of digestion in the horse having less power of destroying the vegetative tendency than those of other animals, or perhaps on the nature of the food taken into their stomachs. The Fungi have been examined chemically, with much care, by MM. Bracannot and Vauquelin; they designate the insoluble spongy matter by the name of Fungin, and the soluble portion is found to contain the Boletic and the Fungic acids. EPITOME OF THE CLIMATE, WEATHER, PRODUCTS, AND MARKETABLE SUPPLIES OF BENGAL. December. Cold weather.The thermometer ranges from 56 in the morning to 70 in the afternoon. On the 20th day, Sun rises at Calcutta, 6 h. 42 m.; sets 5 h. 18 m. Winds northerly; weather clear, cool, and temperate; evenings and mornings extremely chilly, and attended with dense fogs. Meat and fish-market in high order: game of all kinds in abundance. The vegetables procurable are peas, lettuces, young onions, radishes, small salad, sweet potatoes, French-beans, seem, yams, carrots, turnips, greens, young cabbages, cauliflowers, and potatoes, in perfection. The Brazil currants (tipperahs) and bail make their appearance; and oranges, limes, lemons, and papias, &c. continue in season. Delightful weather.-Fair days.-Mornings and evenings foggy.-The difference between the length of the longest and the shortest day at Calcutta, is only two hours and forty-eight minutes. FOR 1827. Algæ, or sea-weeds, 21-various Annunciation of B. V. M. 67 -morn in Scotland, poetically ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES in B. Bean, Rev. James, 135 Bede, Venerable, 143 Bees, remarks on, 162-in Mexico, Begging Scholars, 11 Birds' Nests, a poem, 113 Cuckoo, lines on, 115 Fasten Tuesday, 38 Curtis, Mr., see Entomological | February, explained, 30 Remarks Fen, a description of, 296 Fish-days, non-observance of, 43 1 N. Name of Jesus, 272 Narrow Dale Noon, 353 Passion Sunday, 88 Peter's St. church at Rome, illu- Polar winter, described, 23-27 New Year's Day, reflections on, Powder plot, 347 Provisions, prices of, for 300 Purification of B. V. M., 30 Q. Quinquagesima, 37 R. Rainbow at sea, 264 Raffles, Sir T. S. 236 Rogation Sunday, 135-customs in Rose lines on, 229 note, 231 note Rustic song, lines on hearing one, Ryan, Richard, poems by, 248, Parry, Capt., remarks on the Po- Agnes, 10 Agatha, 32 Alban, 190 Saints. |