Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-11-23

Europe, will not disapprovs Of this trip. II would
10 cruel TO leave this cline without adding such
host of remarkable productions to our botanical
stores. My collections will comprise two spe.
cies OF ConrOirui, the routs of which possess all
the healing qualities of the jalap. in hopes
that the Schoo, OF Medicine will likewise SGT some
essays foot To tho uses TO which three
I extremely bitter barks, derived from three
new species "f class belonging TO the Ia
mily of the Simsronbea may be put.
These barks of the flavor ufthe sulpiatc of
qunne, aud arc used witt, the most sau airy effect
in cases of dyscut.ry and other gastric dcrangc-
mcnts. II, whilst here, I could but receive proper
Information the efficacy of these banks, as il
might appear from tbs trial in Paris, wo"ld
dcavour to secure n supply Of them for our hospi.
tails before nv departure. al avail myself of
this opportunity" adds dc Humboldt, 'to conmu-
nica'" geological fact to tho Academy, which his
been known hero only within the last fcw DAYS
aud ~ connected with other facts, which have been
observed elsewhere in Europe aud oven i'm the heart
of Asi~ NJ. Won Sockendrol has discovered frag.
mcnt, of Grauwakke. accompanied with perifao-
tons incrustcd IN granite, in tho valley of Bidan
(of the Hariz) in quarry the high road which
leads to Harzburs, NJ. Hartmann, tho Translator
OF Lysirs Sociology, has ti~t confirmed this obscr.
walton L. :. AT the very moment of closing this
letter, receive the very important information
that Encke's Comet, OF three years ind three
,cntlts. was observed al Bucnos Ayrcs in the be
ginning of Juno 1882. NJ. Enckc has heard from
NJ Obcrs, of Brenon, that NJ. MasSotti (probably
Tue sans gentleman who fomcrly AZ tho Milan
planetary orbits) observed the Comet ut Baonos
Ayres on the End June last, Il, 5h 80 mean time
with DO 81 ofright ascension, and III 30 ofsouth.
or" doclsnsion. This observations appears TO differ
MOI more than = deg from the short period comet,
which Nj. Encke has c3lculitcd BY nntic; sation ~
At tins meeting of the .Ac adcmy il was also re-
ported that Me'srs. Caperon and NJ. Albert, have
announced the discovery of expeditions method
OF preserving the human body, without any cxter-
MI preparation, alteration of tho features of
the eounicnance, as well as without producing di.
mlnution in any part of tho body The operation
is performed in eight days; and the inventors have
requested permission to submit specimen for tine
inspection of the Academy.
Mr. Gcotfrey presented tho first fasciculo, Of his
! Geological Studies, in which, amongst other re-
Gently discovered animals, he describes three birds,
natives of Paagonial which killed in tina,
country by w. NJ. Dessalines dOrdgny. The latter
has collected, some extremely interesting details
OF their habits, of which the following is an in
stancc:-On tho Goth of March, 1919. being then
in tho midst of the Snlinn de andres Pa=, obser-
Vcd small supcrstructure which looked like little
| Island OF earthonware, and rose apparently about
Il foot above the surface Of the Selma. Upon ask
ing my peon what this might be, he replied
iht 1t was a groupc of hamingos nests. Be-
ing anxious to examine them, walked scross the
salty cxpa Sc, and advanced, could refrain
from admring its immense extent, which covered
space of moro than five miles square; the whole
Of this lake of salt presented surface of dense
crysialised crust, six inches in thi:ki a lengt
came to hal; and here found three thousand
nests so disposed as TO form small island in the
centre of the lake. Each OF them is a conc, about
a foot and a half high. irinca' aud concave at
the upper end like common nest, but without
plants IN it. structure. Every nest stands twelve
inches distance from those around it;
move singular sigh, exist than this myriad of cones
all OF similar form and height. l found several
leggs still in tho nests. Ny pcon told me, that
large flight of haminses -alights the spot every
year for tho purpose of building their nests that
tho female sits the to lay and hatch her
eggs; and that theses who dig the salt collect
! and cat great h,any of the eggs. we'll take
away the young birds, the flesh of which, ho said,
was eff oxquiSts flavor. The eggs arc of green
ish hue, spotted with brown, and they are some
\ what more than four inches in diameter"