semi-oleaginous product, of a reddish brown colour, and possessing a
pungent odour. Pour upon this 5 oz. of cold water, which will dissolve
it entirely, forming the solution of pyrothonide, which is used in a
more or less diluted state, as may be requisite, for collyria,
fomentations, &c--_Medical Journal_.


_French Carpet._

At the exhibition in the Louvre for 1827, was a carpet which occupied
two years in making, and contains 3 or 4,000 ostrich feathers.


_French Pigs._

Whoever has travelled from Calais to Paris must have noticed the lank,
greyhound-like forms of the French pigs; but it is not perhaps generally
known that the Chinese and English breeds are getting into use for
crossing. The fact that there are four millions of pigs yearly killed
in France, shows of how great importance they are to agriculturists.


_Indian Plaster._

All the fine plaster with which the walls of the houses are covered
in India, and which is so much admired by strangers, is composed of a
mixture of fine lime and soapstone, rubbed down with water: when the
plaster is nearly dry, it is rubbed over with a dry piece of soapstone,
which gives it a polish very much resembling that of well-polished
marble.