The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-16 00:00:00

magnify-ilia no than, and chi substance appear-
ed ro runsiat of particles like a very.mineteieend
lived, which were mistily of the MIN size; IQ*, •
deep red colour : on some of the particles • Small
dark sped; was seem. It was the commit opioion'ofilie
Officers who smooths'sl it by the microscope; etta4%
meat bet yrgetable; and this opinion seemed to pie
Strength by the Galore of the places whir* It was
found: these were the aid., of hill, abeet'6oo feet
high, on the lops of which was seen vegetation ef
yollowiats !peen, arid reddish brown colours. The
ettent of these cliffs was aboot eight miles; bellied
them, at a considerable distance, high moontains wave
seen, bat the snow *kick covered thee* suss tied car.
Inured In the evening I Ceased some of the
anew to by dissolved and bottled, when the water bed
she appearance of .eddy pert wine: in a '4,ar hears
it deposited a sediment, which was examined by the
microscope ; some of it was braised, and found to
be reimposed wholly of red matter : whoa applied to
paper, it prodosecla colon! nearest to Indian red.—
It poestitNi in three mars, viz. dissolved mod
batiks!, the sedimeet bottled; arid, the sediment dried :

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there have.been gentled spice eer return to this
celery, 's'ed earlomi,eeigkesia.given concerning it;
' bat Dr. Wollaston seAs to tense in that we ori-
ginally had, of its treingtoegeteble sebstese' pro.
deed oft the montstaitildnedia lel, oboes it. It an.
net be a uterine isradellt, as in several parts we
i said it at lust fit I#l.s. rem the tom, bet sleep, on
do taw "air pear t 141.4 or il meal s's.
We mow 'lsisisisa.cMctores eon wiirds :
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. 66 Wish rem*. isthe elect origin of that seb•
steam which iteit kidesess to the sues. I apprehend
we may not be able to give a decided opinion, for
want of soificieft'Llltowlowlee of the productions of
thosh regions' in • eh it 'was foond4, Int, from all
. the cireurnstooees‘flts appearance, and of the sub-
stance which are any it, lam strongly inclined
to think it to be atoneable origin. The red matter
itself consists of einem globale frees I.loooth to
' ' 1,3000 th pert of an loch in diameter; I believe their
coat to be colourless, end that the redness below
wholly .to the contents, which wen to be of am
oily near* and not soluble ia water, bet soks.
big in rectified spi.its of sloe; whom the globules
are highly magnified, and seem with solliciont light,
they appear internally subdivided lots ghost eight se
' ten cells. They beer to be dried by tin heat of Mil-
ling water, wittiest logs of coley,. Dy tiesttoctie
distillatioo, they yield a fetid oil, accompanied wkh
. ammonia, which might lead to the supposition that
they are of animal origin ; bat since the seeds of vs.
rioss plants also yield this product, sad since the
1 f foci also yield geometria by distillation, I
do act discover any thing I. the globules themselves
which shows distinctly from what mom they were
derived. I find, however, along with them, a small
portion of a cellular substance, which not only has
these globules adherent to 4ts terrace, bet also coo-
Pled in its interior ; and this substance, which I
must therefore consider at of the same origin with
them,appers ;iv its models( burning to be decidedly
• vegetable, es t know of no animal substance which
• to itstsostubfeetty burns away to a white ash, as
soon is it j. bested to redness. The first cencep.
tfo'n I for es to theft nature was, that they might
be the spawn of: a mingle species of shrimps, which
is known to alboond is these seafood orhOcli might be
devoured by the circled. of waterjoal observed
there, had voided with their dung ; bet in that cis*,
they sherd undoubtedly b. found mise.Pyrkte the
veggie of those animals, which is not the fact, bet
they are found accompanied solely by vegetable sob-
' stance, in one of which they are scissile gentaised.
If they are froes.the sea, there snow no linitt.to
quantity that mayisearried to lead, by .a coalition(
end violent wind; no limit to the. period. daring,
which they may hive sec./indeed, sine thAh-sagiojd
remain from year wiser. Olieninis ,biPtkpoprod2t, pi
ceases of thawing and eviteiltiet, •
,rftrigieltair
snow wilts which they are Watch.. Piri't, jlior
scantiness of oar iniorootrott" tre0,41,,t togebirEwkdo
come to any satisfactory. coattail's ,;,, iiid.tami ty
hope, that fates navigator; may bee p.O °peril; ly
of collecting materialset tlicidtit so cations /OOP'
uomenon." . . •• *.
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