The Variation of the Compafs, obferved by the Sun's Azimuth. N. B. Both the Altitude and Azimuth were taken with the Theodolite. 1796, April 15th, at Futte-Gur; obferved the following Distances of the Moon from Aldebaran and Spica. Diftant Moon and eft Limb. Time by Watch. Aldebaran, near- Time by Watch. Spica, fartheft Diftant Moon and Limb. NOTE Refpecting the Infect defcribed in Page 213. THIS infect is the Meloë Cichorii of LINNEUS. The following extract from a late publication will fhew how much the gentlemen of the faculty are indebted to Captain HARDWICKE, for having pointed out to them fo valuable an addition to their Materia Medica in this country. 66 upon "I fhall only obferve, that the Papilio, &c. are "here extremely common, as is likewife the Meloë "Cichorii, Lin. towards which Doctor MANNI has 66 endeavoured to direct the attention of his country"men. It remains from May to Auguft, and especially during June and July, in aftonishing quantities, not only upon the cichoreum, but also "the cerealis carduus and cynora cardunculus. The common people have long ufed the liquor that dif"tils from the infect, when the head is torn off, for "the purpose of extirpating warts; and Mr. CASIMIR "SANSO has often employed it in lieu of the common "bliftering drug: but to render it more generally "ufeful, Dr. MANNI has made a variety of expe"riments, and found that forty-five grains of the "MELOE, and fifteen grains of Euphorbium, fer mented with flour and common vinegar, and well "mixed up, made a moft excellent bliftering plaister. "The proportions must be increased, or diminished, "according to the age, fex and conftitution of the "perfon; but the above-mentioned quantity ufually "produces a proper effect in thirteen or fourteen "hours. Thefe infects are collected morning and "evening, and put into a covered veffel, where they "are kept until they are dead, when they are fprink"led with ftrong vinegar, and exposed to the hot fun, until they become perfectly dry; after which they 3 ale "are put into glass-bottles, and carefully kept from "humidity." Travels to Naples by CHARLES ULYSSES, of SALIS MORSCHLINS.-Tranflated from the GERMAN, by ANTHONY AUFRERE, Efq. London, 1795, P. 148. ΝΟΤΕ Referring to Page 204 of this Volume. HAVING lately paffed Benares, I took that opportunity of again examining the obfervatory, and afcertained the cirele which ftands on the elevated terrace to the Eaft (refpecting the pofition of which I formerly spoke with fome degree of hesitation) to be fituated in a plane parallel to the Equator. W. HUNTER. Sept. 28, 1797. CON CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME. III. Enumeration of Indian Claffes IV. Some Account of the Sculptures at Mahaba- lipoorum, ufually called the Seven Pagodas V. Account of the Hindustanee Horometry VI, On Indian Weights and Measures Page XI. Account of fome Ancient Infcriptions XII. Obfervations on the Alphabetical Syftem of the Language of Awă and Răc'hain XIII. Some Account of the Elaftic Gum-vine of Prince of Wales's Ifland, and of Experi- ments made on the milky Juice which it XIV. A Bo- |