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    NOTES OF THE MONTH.

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    The coloured- plat * 3 of the plants are baaqfcifyUy e * eo uU »< J , and the whole style and getting tip of the w ^ rk i& excellent , while the price is moderate . The names of the cording tor and the writers ^ ngaged , are sufficient vouphers for its scientific accuracy . Ml

    A Few Remarks on our Foreign Policy . , In many respects these remarks are the converse of those contained ui the foregoing work on Russia . We regret that the author should have employed his talents in advocating the unsound position , that the wealth of nations , and all their vainglorious aggrandizements , are the highest pinnacle to Which our efforts should he directed . P . '

    History of British Quadrupeds . Parts HI and IV * After the opinion we expressed of Parts I and II of this excellent work , our readers will not be surprised that we looked forward to , its continuation with interest . Nor has this been

    disappointed in the present numbers , although we feel bouiid to confess that these Fitchet and Ferret WeazSk , Cdts and Shrews however well executed , do not by any means fittd ' ajjl ^ tce so nedr the heart as did our friends the rrtotes arhd btits ; We can never forget them .

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    1 . Shipwreck of Merchant Vessels . —A correspondent of the Gonstitutionalf under the signature of " Palimirus , " . ' and another signing himself " J . H . " have addressed letters of practical importance to the Editor of that excellent morning journal on the , abov ^ subject Both tjiese writers agree that the loss of merchant vessels on a lee-snore is almost always owing to the neglect of the captain , itf not cutting

    away his masts directly the danger of wreck becomes apparent , and in the neglect of a proper and timely use of the anchors and cables . Everybody who has had any experience in these matters , must be convinced of the validity of the statement , and equally so of the cause attributed , viz ., the excessive aversion on the part of captains to incur the expense of new masts , and the inconvenience and frequent impossibility of hauling up the cables from the over-lumbered tiers . Again , — -with reference to cutting away the masts—it would delay a voyage * if

    they were outward bound ; and perhaps , also , they might not be ' itoured . But another cause will also be found to exist in the private feeling ? and character of a captain . Perhaps he has an admiration of hi * " sticks and bare pole * , " he had them touched and retouched with axe and plane , and rigged after his own plan ; he feels a fre ^ h pride about them , irnew , and has an affection for them , if old ; the ship would hot sail half so well with any others : he cannot make up his mind to cut them away while a chance is left of getting the ship off ; and when he Bees

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    Note * * / the Month . 718

    Notes Of The Month.

    NOTES OF THE MONTH .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1836, page 713, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2663/page/61/