The remains of hippopotami are so extremely abundant, that in turning over an area of 120 yards, parts of six tusks have been found of this animal, besides a tooth, and part of the horn of a deer, part of a tusk, and part of a grinder of an elephant, and the horns, with a small part of the skull, of an ox. One of these horns was found to be 54 inches in length, following the curve, and five in diameter at the large end; it was

found impracticable to remove it, otherwise than in fragments, which are preserved, and will probably be put together. The immense size of this horn is rendered more remarkable by another horn from the same spot, which is but 6 inches long. In the 3d. stratum, have been found the horns, bones, and teeth of the deer, the bones and teeth of the ox, together with snail shells, and the shells of river fish.

THEOLOGY.

A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, containing an Historical Account of the Persons; a Geographical and Historical Account of the Places,; a literal, critical, and systematical Description of other Objects, whether natural, artificial, civil, religious, or military; and the Explication of the Appellative Terms mentioned in the Writings of the Old and New Testament. By the late Rev. John Brown, of Haddington, Professor of Divinity under the Associate Synod. New edition, in two neat pocket volumes, with a Life of the Author, and two accurately coloured Maps. price 10s. 6d. boards.

The Operations of the Holy Ghost, illus trated and confirmed by Scriptural Authori fies; in a Series of Sermons, by the Rev. Fred. Nolan. 8vo. 12s.

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE

SOCIETY. SOME selectExtracts from the Correspondence of this Society since the publication of the Ninth Annual Report have been printed and circulated. We propose to give the substance of them.

1. From Copenhagen we learn, that the resolution of the Committee to print 5000 additional copies of the Icelandic New Testament was on the point of being exe cuted. "This generosity," it is observed, "towards the poor Icelanders, could not bave been applied to more deserving ob. jects. Their assiduity in reading the Scripures when they have access to them, and the veneration in which they hold their con

tents, give the fullest anticipatory assurance that the grand object the Committee have in view will be attained in that island." It was intended shortly to send a number of Bibles and Testaments to Norway, where the want of the Scriptures was greatly felt. A farmer, eager to possess the Bible, had offered a cow at the next market town for one, but in vain. There were none for sale, and those who possessed a Bible would not sell it for any price.

2. From Zurich we learn, that the "Bible Institution prospers wonderfully."

3. A Bible Society has been formed at Kanapa in Esthonia, under the patronage of the Dean. In that district, Mr. Paterson states, that among 106,000 inhabitants, 200

Testaments are not to be found. Thousands had never seen a New Testament, and many pastors had it not in the vernacular tongue; although there are great numbers of very pious people, and, among the rest, 11,000 persons connected with the United Brethren, in this district. An edition of 10,000 Testaments was to be forthwith printed.

Another Bible Society, to be called the Courland Bible Society, has been formed at Mitau in Courland, with the full concurrence of the principal clergy, and under the patronage of Count Meden, President of the Consistory. The meeting for this purpose took place in the hall belonging to the nobles, where persons of all ranks assembled. The business was opened by Count Lieven. "The subscription," says Mr. Paterson," I hear, will amount to about 5000 rubles; a sum, considering what this province has suffered by the calamities of war, more than double whatever could have been expected from the first meeting of the Society; but a fire is kindled by the Lord in the Russian empire which warms every heart, and inflames them with zeal to follow the example of their much beloved monarch."

A third society has been formed at Riga, through the instrumentality of the same indefatigable servant of Christ, Mr. Paterson, in which the Consistory and some noblemen took the chief lead. Mr. Paterson expects great things from this society, which, after that of St. Petersburgh, he thinks will be the first on the Continent. A fourth society has been formed at Dorpat, and a fifth at Reval, still under the same kind of patronage. The society at this last place are about to print a large edition of the New Testament, and Mr. Paterson adds, "the translation in the Revalian dialect, is supposed to be one of the best in Europe."

After completing these great objects, Mr. Paterson returned to Petersburgh on the 23d of July, when he found that on "the same day on which the society was formed in Reval, a Bible Society had been established in Moscow. At the first meeting, the Bishop and a number of his clergy were present, and subscribed largely. The Bishop publicly thanked Mr. Pinkerton for the part he bad taken in the business. This society will prove of great importance to the cause in Russia. There are now seven Bible societies in the Russian empire, including that at Abo in Finland.".

A peasant, living beyond Moscow, had written to Prince Galitzin, the President of the Petersburgh society, begging a large Lolio Bible to read to his family and neigh

bours, and sending five rubles to pay for its carriage. Another peasant offered to subscribe 20 rubles yearly, and presented the society with some leather for binding the Bibles.

4. The Rev. L. Van Ess, the Roman Catholic Professor of divinity at Marburg, in giving an account of the distribution of 3000 German Testaments put into his hands by the Bible Society, observes, that the eagerness to read the Scriptures is very great, and the application of the indigent for New Testaments very frequent. The Bishop had allowed the introduction of New Testaments into Catholic schools. This was very important, as scarcely one schoolmaster in twenty was furnished with a Bible, and in most schools the Bible was not at all to be met with. About 8000 copies are wanted for this purpose. "Never," adds this excellent minister, "were the minds of men more accessible to the Word of Life; never was the necessity of religious comfort so deeply felt; never was the entrance of the Kingdom of Heaven more widely open than now.” If you possibly can, afford farther assistance to us, that the true light and knowledge of Jesus Christ in his Divine doctrine may penetrate the darkness of the Catholic schools, and the rising generation be trained up in pure Christianity, and become worthy members of Christ's kingdom,"

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5. The Rev. Dr. Brunmark, Chaplain to the Swedish Embassy in London, paid a visit to his native country in the summer. met with a gracious reception from his own government, and from his countrymen every where, in consequence of his connexion with the British and Foreign Bible Society. The society at Stockholm had printed 9000 Swedish Bibles and 19,000 Testaments, and were printing 2000 more Bibles. Through the exertions of Dr. Bruumark, a Bible Society was established at Westeras, for Westmania and Dalecarlia, under the patronage of the bishop and clergy of these provinces. The Finnish New Testament was printing, and would be finished in the autumn.

6. The convicts on board the Three Bees convict ship appear to have been greatly benefited by the Bibles furnished them by the Society. On the passage, 170 of them united in a letter of thanks to the Society: "Your gift," they observe, "gives a new train to our ideas, a new object to our hopes: convincing us of the necessity of seeking the kingdom of God, it assures us we are in no wise cast out."

7. In India, many copies of the Scriptures had been distributed among the native

Portuguese, and the present had always been thankfully received, and in some cases with tears of joy and gratitude. A number of Dutch Testaments had also been distributed among the Dutch soldiers, and others, in Java. We want words," it is observed, **to express with what thankfulness they received them, and how diligently they pe*rused them, especially in their hospitals and prisons; for, on inquiry, we could scarcely find one Bible among them all."

8 Mr. Butscher, a missionary, writes from Sierra Leone, that when he was wrecked on his passage out, and the natives near the * river Gambia took possession of the vessel, among a great many other articles, twelve Arabic Bibles, given him by the Bible Society, fell into their hands. He applied to a trader in that river to recover them; but it was found, that although the natives, who are Mohammedans, would sell the other articles they had got possession of, they would not part with the Bibles. He offered 81. for one, and was refused. Thus, observes the Missionary, the word of God seems more highly esteemed among these Mohaminedans, than in many places where the Gospel of Christ has been introduced.

9. The Rev. R. E. Jones, Secretary to the Bible Society at the Isle of France, writes, that all the French Bibles and Testa ments sent him had been disposed of, and that a supply of double the number was wanted. The avidity with which the Bibles are purchased, he says, is beyond all description.

10. From America there are very gratify ing accounts. The students of Nassau-Hall .College, in New Jersey, "having learned, through the medium of the Christian Observer, that a Bible Society had been instituted in the University of Cambridge, in England," resolved on following the example, and have accordingly formed a similar society. Three other new Bible Societies have been instituted in the United States, making the whole number 22. The most interesting part, however, of the American communications, refers to the following circumstance. A vessel, in which a quantity of Bibles, sent by the Bible Society for distribution in Nova Scotia, had been shipped, was taken by an American privateer, and, carried into a port in New England. The Bibles were sold and dispersed. The Bible Society of Boston, hearing of this incident, and "unwilling that the reproach of preventing the execution of the pious design, for which these books were sent out, should -fasten on their country," passed a resolution to send an equal amount of Bibles to Nova

Scotia; and directed their secretary to express his deep regret," that any occurrence should have so long detained so inany copies of the Bible from their proper destination; and that, to the other calamities of this disastrous war, there should be added any interruption of the charitable and munificent labours of our fellow Christians in Great Britain, in diffusing the knowledge of the word of God." The sum of 155. sterfing has accordingly been remitted, to replace these Bibles. They add:-"

"We have thus done what we can to express our shame and regret at this occurrence, and to repair the evil which it has occasioned. We indulge the hope that we shall not again have to number it among the calamities of a war, in which we cannot cease to regret that two nations, allied in feelings, habits, interests, language, and origin, should be engaged; that it counteracts, in any degree, the exertions of any of the charitable institutions of Great Britain or tends to loosen or break that golden chain of mutual benevolence, which ought to bind together the disciples of Christ of every mation and clime, without regard to political animosities."

11. The number of Bibles issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society, in the year 1813, is 141,941; of Testaments, 159,453; in all, 301,394. The total nuinber issued by the Society, from the 7th of March, 1804, to the 31st of December last, is, Bibles 377,529, Testaments 590,146, in all, 967,675; besides 109,400 copies of the Scriptures, printed on the Continent with the aid of donations from the Society.