In the management of woods and coppices, we meet with the following very ingenious remarks on cutting down and barking the oak, which we think well worthy of the British woodman's attention; the government of these remote settle- of several refpectable members of the ments how the numerous tribes who oc- Dublin Society." cupy the back grounds may be trained and made ferviceable: and nothing can be more pleafing than the rapture and enthufiafm with which he dwells and expatiates on their warm unfufpicious tempers, the mildnefs and freedom of their manners, the hospitality they thew to ftrangers, the confidence they exercife on all occafions, and the very exquifite pleasure they uniformly take in doing generous and good natured things. "The utmost care should be obferved in felling coppices in fuch a manner, as may enfure a found and perfect growth from the ftools, and fuch as might hereafter afford a choice of young trees for 5. The predeceffors of our traveller, future referves, if there fhould not be in fome part of the fame route, are eve- found a fufficiency of faplins from the ry where handsomely treated. Of fome acorns.-There is a wide difference of who evidently had the improvement of opinion on this fubject; I have known fcience exclufively at heart, he fpeaks fome owners of large tracts of wood, in terms of high refpect, and rectifies and great lovers of timber, who have their mistakes with delicacy and libera- cautiously prohibited the ftripping of lity; but others who take every thing bark off their oak nearer than fix on truft, and are fond of exaggerating inches to the ground, about which spot the traditions of the populace, and even *they suppose the tree to be felled, whilf repeat with approbation the romantic others wish to have the bark ftripped as fables of the planters, he industriously near the ground as poffible, provided expofes to the infamy they merit. that in fo doing, there is no part whatever of the root laid bare. 6. On the fuppofition that we shall be able to retain this ineftimable fettle- "I profefs to be of the last opinion, ment of which we are now in poffeffion, and think the advocates for the former we earnestly recommend thefe Travels method would, on clofer investigation, to the attention of Government; they fave themselves a confiderable injury; bring forward objects of great public as it must be evident to any perfon, who importance: various high commercial will give himself the trouble of examinadvantages in which this country a- ing the growth of a fhoot from an old bounds are fuggefted, fome of the finest ftock, that fo long as the fap has a porbays for fhipping in the known world tion of bark to afcend through, the foot are pointed out, and several rich fources is not forced out; but at last makes its of naval ftores laid open. New fitua- appearance at some inches above the tions peculiarly inviting to fresh coloni- ground, on the fide of the old stub, and zation are difclosed, where the foil is often in a horizontal position; where, if fertile, the climate gentle, water plenty, feveral weak ones are thus produced, game abundant, ample communication they form an unfightly tuft of almoft with the fea and with Europe open, and ufelefs brufh-wood; but if one by fupethe whole fcenery, for an immenfe fweep rior ftrength, or by the others being of the most beautiful lying grounds, ex- pruned away, fhall take a lead, it must quifitely rich and romantic. The prac- be by bending upwards at its bafe, like ticability of traverfing the whole of these a breast-work in a ditch, with this difunknown regions is frequently and fully ference in favour of the latter, that the afcertained; and the beft guides to fuch one depends immediately on its own an undertaking are, doubtless, the ad- roots, whilft the young oak has nothing ventures and experience here detailed. to depend on but the hell of the old A Practical Treatise on Planting; and becomes rotten within fide, and daily fub, which in this fituation generally the Management of Woods and Coppices. lefs and lefs able to give that fupport, By Samuel Hayes, Efq; M. R. I. A. which the encreafing weight of the and Member of the Committee of A griculture, of the Dublin Society. &c. &c. 8vo. 6s. Boards. Allen & Weft. young tree is daily more in need of: from this circumitance it happens, that we so often find fome of our tallest THIS little volume was written and young oak, from ten to fifteen years printed in confequence of the withes growth, lying flat on the ground in our VOL. LIX. 3 L cop coppices, flip'd off as it were, from the which converge by the powers of 80. To old fool at the fpot from whence they which is added a Poftfcript, containing an were produced; whereas if the bark had Improvement of Mr Emerfon's Computation been stripp'd quite to the ground, and of the fame Logarithm. By the Rev. John the tree then cut as low as poflible with Hellins.-Maniere elementaire d'obtenir les a fharp axe, leaving the centre of the fuites par lefquelles s'experiment les quantités ftub a little higher than the edges, the exponentielies, et les fonctions trigonometriyoung fhoots must have fprung up like ques des arcs circulaires. Par M. Simon fuckers, quite free from the original L'Huilier, F. R. S.-An Algebraical Deftem, and often at fix or eight inches monftration of Newton's Binomial Theorem. distance from it, their buts being futhci- By the Rev. W. Sewell, A. M. ently low in the ground to enable them to ftrike roots for themfelves, and flanding at such a distance from each other, that their growth may be perpendicular for feveral years without interference, and confequently till they arrive at fuch a fize that the worft may be felled for ufeful purposes, and the best referved, with nearly the fame advantage as if it had been a fapling produced from the acorn." NEW PUBLICATIONS. LONDON. The Meteorological Journal, as usual, clofes Part I.; and Mr Baker's Annual Regifter of the Weather, &c. makes its cuftomary appearance in the fecond Part. Family Secrets, Literary and Domefic. By 5 vols. 12mo. il. Is. boards. Mr Pratt. ing remarks of eminent scholars on Men and Selections from the French Annas: containBooks. 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To which is perfixed, a Plan of Terms, Rules, &c. of the Academy. 4to. IS. Lane. EDINBURGH. A Sermon, preached in the High Church of Edinburgh, before his Grace the Earl of Leven and Melville, his Majefty's High Commiffioner, on Thurfday the 13th of May 1797, at the opening of the General Affembly of the Church of Scotland. By William Greenfield, D. D. F. R. S. Edin. One of the Minifters of the High Church, and Joint Profellor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University of Edinburgh. Manners gu Miller. Practical Afronomy. By Alexander Ewing, Teacher of Mathematics. 8vo. 6s. bound, 3 L2 The THE following Ode is the production of Shah Allum, the ftill nominal Emperor of Hindustan—a man whose misfortunes and fufferings are abundantly known, but whofe talents and virtues have not been juftly appreciated. This Ode is cfteemed the best of his late performances, and is rendered peculiarly intereffing by the afflicting nature of its theme. It was written at the age of feventy, about two years after he had been depofed, imprifoned, and deprived of his fight, by Golaâm Khâder, one of his vaffal Princes, and it bears ample teftimony of his dignity and his fpirit. TRANSLATION OF THE ODE. Alas! but haply Heaven's decre O'er India's fair extenfive plain *Literally, vanishedé Portending Holy In treach'rous league the vengefuł clans The fnake, whilst round my knees he clung, Deep to the heart his Monarch stung. But, ah! the pang which rends my breaft, That anguish which invades my rest, Not from my own misfortunes fprings, Sharp mis'ry is the lot of Kings For her I grieve, who fondly fhares All my viciffitudes and cares, Whofe love, through each revolving year Still wip'd away Affliction's tear, Heightened my joys, and gently fpread Its mantle o'er my drooping head. Within the Haram's feented bow'rs No more I'll waste the blissful hours; No more fhall hear the tuneful throng Harmonions raife the enraptur'd fong. In the lone prifon's dreary round The night-owl wakes her mournful found; The fon of Mortiz Alley, who was slai■ at Kurbella. Yezzid, the son of Mauvia, who caufed Emaum to be put to death. Perfons whom Shah Allum had raised from obfcurity, and who proved traiterous. No No courtiers crowd th' emblazon'd hall. Say, from the earth is Virtue fled, Vain with immers'd in anguifh deep, Unheard. I mourn, unpitied weep: No gleam of hope, with cheering ray, Gilds my expiring streak of day; Its parting beams pale luftre fhed, The thadowy veil of night is fpread. Come awful Death! Hail kindred gloom! For me no terrors fhroud the tomb. In death all worldly fotrows end, In death the friendless find a friend, In death the weafried feck repofe, Shah Allum wrote a very pathetic letter to Timour of Perfia, reprefenting his fituation, and foliciting aid against the ufurpers. Scindia had at this time been driven from the northern provinces by the army of Ifmael Beg, and the Rajahs of Goznajur and Jerneragur. Mr Haftings, it is well known, once cherished the noble defign of emancipating the wretched Monarch from his mifery. CALEDONIA. A FAVOURITE SONG BY R. BURNS. THEIR groves o' fweet myrtles let foreign lands reckon, Where bright-beaming fummers exalt the perfume; Far dearer to me you lone glen o' green breckan, With the burn fteeling under the lang yellow broom: Far dearer to me yon humble broom bowers, Where the blue beil and gowan lurk lowly unfeen; For there, lightly tripping amang the wild flowers, A lift'ning the linnet, aft wanders my Jean. Tho' rich is the breeze, in their gay funny valleys, And cauld Caledonia's blaft on the wave; Their fweet-fcented woodlands that skirt the proud palace, What are they?-the haunt o' the tyrant and flave! The flave's spicy forefts, and gold-bubbling fountains, The brave Caledonian views wi' difdain; He wanders as free as the wind on his mounttains, Save love's willing fetters-the chains of his Jcan. THE following Prologue and Epilogue to the New Play of The Will*, by Mr Reynolds, poffefs confiderable merit; the former is written by Mr Taylor, the latter by M. P. Andrews, Efq; PROLOGUE. NO new offender ventures here to-night Our prefent Culprit is a well known wight, * For an account of this Play, See the Cover of this Number. Who |