_Pemecan._

This substance (mentioned in our recent abstract of the Polar Expedition
as part of the provision for the crew) consists of meat prepared in the
same way that the Indians prepare their provision of buffalo or deer.
The flesh, _beef_ in this case, is cut into stripes, and dried by
the smoke of wood. It is then beaten into a powder, and an equal
proportion of fat being melted, the whole is mixed up together into a
solid mass. It is evident that more of real sustenance from animal
matter cannot be combined in any less bulky or burdensome compound. It
makes an excellent and very nutritious soup.


_Egyptian Architecture._

It is somewhat surprising, that among the crowd of novelties, and
very especially of attempts to depart from the received models of
architecture, the _Egyptian_ has not taken its share. It is true
that some very partial attempts have been made; in the metropolis, we
believe, not exceeding two; and if we add to these a school recently
erected at Devonport, a mausoleum at Trentham for the Stafford family,
and an iron-manufactory now erecting in Wales, we have probably
enumerated the whole. Such as the examples have been, they have not
spread; and, indeed, we may say, that they have scarcely attracted any
notice, whether for good or evil; though the publicity and singularity
of aspect of the most accessible specimen in Piccadilly might have at
least been expected to distinguish it, in the general eye, from the
buildings by which it is surrounded. As to the public, we find no
difficulty in accounting for this. This style has not been pointed out
to them, and they have not been desired either to admire or dislike it.