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REMARKABLE PETRIFACTION.
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very near the room she sat in.—A consciousness that
she could neither move from her seat, nor call for help,
struck her with such terror, as to have the effect of an
electric shock. She made a violent effort-—spoke, reco-
vered the use of her limb3, and has remained in perfect
health ever since.
i Feb. 1804. Carolus.
SURPRISING INSTINCT IN CATS.
In the island of Cyprus, near the promontory called
Cat’s Cape, anciently Curias, there is a monastery of
Caloyerian Greeks, who have the singular custom of
training a number of cats for the purpose of destroying
the serpents which are very numerous in that island.—
These animals are so well instructed in the sport, that at
the sound of the bell they instantly quit the chace, and re-
turn to the convent.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERUVIAN LANTERN FLY.
FIT!
JL HF Cucujus Peruvianus, or Lantern Fly, is an insect
of considerable size, and is remarkable for the peculiarity
it possesses of shedding a vivid lustre during darkness.
At a distance it resembles a small lantern: for this rea-
son the inhabitants, when going a journey by night, fas-
ten several of them to the end of a stick, which enables
them to see their way with facility.
REMARKABLE PETRIFACTION.
In the quicksilver mines at Guiana Villica, there is a
fountain of hot water, which, after overrunning a piece
of ground, condenses, and changes itself into a kind of
rock, easy to be cut; and after remaining some days in
this state, is commonly used by the inhabitants in the
construction of their houses.
To
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very near the room she sat in.—A consciousness that
she could neither move from her seat, nor call for help,
struck her with such terror, as to have the effect of an
electric shock. She made a violent effort-—spoke, reco-
vered the use of her limb3, and has remained in perfect
health ever since.
i Feb. 1804. Carolus.
SURPRISING INSTINCT IN CATS.
In the island of Cyprus, near the promontory called
Cat’s Cape, anciently Curias, there is a monastery of
Caloyerian Greeks, who have the singular custom of
training a number of cats for the purpose of destroying
the serpents which are very numerous in that island.—
These animals are so well instructed in the sport, that at
the sound of the bell they instantly quit the chace, and re-
turn to the convent.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERUVIAN LANTERN FLY.
FIT!
JL HF Cucujus Peruvianus, or Lantern Fly, is an insect
of considerable size, and is remarkable for the peculiarity
it possesses of shedding a vivid lustre during darkness.
At a distance it resembles a small lantern: for this rea-
son the inhabitants, when going a journey by night, fas-
ten several of them to the end of a stick, which enables
them to see their way with facility.
REMARKABLE PETRIFACTION.
In the quicksilver mines at Guiana Villica, there is a
fountain of hot water, which, after overrunning a piece
of ground, condenses, and changes itself into a kind of
rock, easy to be cut; and after remaining some days in
this state, is commonly used by the inhabitants in the
construction of their houses.
To