Manchester, most liberally offering to afford them their countenance and support. friends in Bristol, they consented, and land being obtained, the proposed building was immediately undertaken. It is impossible to describe the en In answering these solicitations, the Missionaries stated, that their object in visiting Manchester was undoubt-thusiasm with which these circumedly to introduce the system of Tent Preaching, but that Lancashire was too remote from the immediate scene of their constant operations, to allow of their continued personal exertions, and that ultimately they hoped some religious denomination in the town would see it their duty to adopt the measure, and prosecute it with vigour. With these views they laboured on, preaching four times each sabbath, | and almost every other evening of the week, and instructing the people from house to house; and the hand of the Lord was with them, so that a great number believed on and turned to him. stances were hailed by the grateful poor, who had been benefited by a ministry which was now dear to them as life itself. The first evening the plan was proposed, nearly 100 of them volunteered their subscriptions for different sums from 5s. to £5. Some offered to give each a new form for the intended chapel; others, who could not spare money, proposed to give labour; and when the plans were drawn, and a builder was contracted with, a number of them, amounting to 140, attended, and in the short space of five hours, with cheerful gratuity, dug the foundations and otherwise prepared the ground for the erection. As their stay in Manchester ap- This occurred October 1st, between proached its limitation, they commu- which, and Dec. 22d, embracing a nicated with a friend, a Local Minis-period of only 72 days of labour, the ter and Class Leader in the Wesleyan chapel was completed. connection, and through him they proposed to the Wesleyan Methodists to allow those persons, who, having received good by Tent Preaching, were desirous of uniting in religious society, to enter their communion, and that they (the Tent Missionaries) | would leave the Tent in the hands of the Wesleyan Ministers, provided they would agree vigorously to employ it during the remaining part of the summer. On the 10th of September, this friend informed Mr. Pyer, (one of the Missionaries) that the Wesleyan Travelling Preachers had consulted together upon the subject, and that they had unanimously determined to have nothing to do with the Tent, nor would they receive into their society those persons who had been reformed and reclaimed by means of Tent Preaching. On Sunday, December 23d, and the following Christmas Day, it was opened for worship, and the services held in the midst of crowded and deeply attentive congregations, among whom the power of the Lord was eminently present. The forenoon and afternoon sermons were preached by Mr. Pocock and Mr. Pyer, of Bristol, from Exodus xvii. 7, and Luke vii. 22; and in the evening, Mr. Birt, Baptist Minister, of York-street, Manchester, preached from John iii. 17. On Christmas day, in the morning, Mr. Pyer preached from Luke ii. 11. and in the evening, Dr. Raffles, of Liverpool, from John vi. 40. At the close of this service, the Lord's Supper was partaken of by about 300 communicants of different denominations, and truly this was as Dr. Raffles characterized it in his concluding prayer, "a feast of love." Every thing seemed to be lost sight of but the presence of Him who said, "Do this in re tion the Spirit was indeed poured out, and the unction of the Holy One rested upon the waiting believing congregation. At this period, the importunities of the gentlemen before alluded to, were pressed with additional arguments;-membrance of me," by whose mediaand in order to perpetuate a cause which God had so signally honoured and blessed, they urged the immediate necessity of building a large place of worship, for the completion of which they generously offered the whole responsibility. Under these encouraging auspices, and the Missionaries having advised with their The chapel measures 78 feet by 60 feet; it will contain 1200 persons upon the ground floor; it furnishes about 800 free sittings; and has been erected for £1200. It is computed that a nail on the left hand, and lacerated the superior and fleshy part of the arm. On the recommendation of some one who was present when the wounds were inflicted, he immediately hastened to a person residing at Colne Edge, who, he was informed, possessed a successful remedy for Hydrophobia;-he took this nostrum in addition to which the bitten parts were washed with warm vinegar; from Colne Edge he visited the sea shore, where he remained about a week, and on his return home took a second time the Colne Edge boasted gallery capable of accommodating 800 I rejoice to be informed, that in the ensuing summer several Tents will be employed in this town and neighbourhood; and I hope ere long to see their services so crowned with the Divine blessing and visible success, that many more chapels will be raised similar to the one herein described, which, for cheapness, and gratuitous accommodation, at present stands unrivalled. Till the 7th of October, an exact period of two months from the insertion of the morbific virus into the system, he remained free from symptoms of indisposition. The wound in his arm was healed up, and the new nail nearly produced, when he was seized with nausea and vomiting. October 8th, at 10 o'clock, A. M. my much respected friend and preceptor, Mr. Abbotson, was requested to visit him on investigation of the symptoms, and from the history of CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA, IN CONNEC- the individual, he was led to suspect TION WITH THE USE OF THE WATER MR. EDITOR. SIR,-In consequence of the interesting observations by Dr. Kendrick, on the unsuccessful exhibition of the Alisma Plantago, in a case of Hydrophobia, contained in the January number of your instructive miscellany, I am induced to communicate to you the following case, which I witnessed so far back as 1818, the same year in which the Alisma Plantago was introduced to the notice of British practitioners. Equally averse with Dr. Kendrick to the publication of individual cases, I have withheld the communication of this, in the hope of seeing it first noticed by more experienced practitioners, whose practice might furnish more numerous occasions for the trial of this remedy. Matthew Laycock, ætas 27, a stout muscular man, the driver of a stage waggon, betwixt Manchester and Ripton in Craven; on returning from the former place, August 7th, 1818, was bit by a dog, supposed to be in a rabid state, which removed the thumb the disease to be that of Hydrophobia, although the patient and his friends entertained no such unfavourable opinion of his situation, so firm was their prepossession in the superlative excellence of the Colne Edge remedy. His pulse was but little accelerated, his mental faculties unimpaired, and he said he was free from complaint, except on the approach of liquids, which excited involuntary contortions of his hands, arms, and the muscles of his face and chest. Having fortunately prepared the Alisma Plantago, a short time antecedent to the occurrence of this case, it was deemed worthy a trial. One drachm of the powdered root was directed to be given, sprinkled between two pieces of buttered bread, every three hours. At 5 o'clock, P. M. I saw him. When I entered his apartment he was seated before the fire, in conversation with his wife; his appearance indicated no signs of ill health, he informed me, that an uneasy sensation of dryness and heat had taken place in his mouth. I desired to see him take some water, which he readily complied with, but immediately as the vessel containing it came in contact with his lips, the most ludicrous gesticulations were excited. Imagining a view of the liquid might produce these, I covered his eyes, yet the convulsive actions were reproEduced when the vessel of water approached his mouth: he asserted that he had not the least aversion to liquids, but he could not avoid exhibiting these signs of fear. He continued taking the Alisma Plantago till about 3 o'clock, A. M. of the 9th October, when its further employment ceased, the disease having gradually assumed a more serious aspect; the power of deglutition much diminished, a constant discharge of saliva issued from his mouth, with occasional vomiting of a dark-coloured matter; yet the intellectual functions remained unaltered; the disease continued to increase, with occasional remissions, during the day, his strength gradually declining. During one of the remissions, he desired all his friends to be present, from whom he tenderly took leave; after this, he remained tolerably calm for near the space of an hour, when a violent paroxysm coming on, he sprang upon his feet, called to all the persons in the room to get out of his reach, lest he should bite them, and ejecting from his mouth a large quantity of froth, he fell upon the ground and with convulsive struggles expired. BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LAPLANDERS AND REIN DEER LATELY IMPORTED With an Engraving. MR. EDITOR. SIR,-For some years since, many noblemen and gentlemen of this country, while directing their attention to agricultural pursuits, have employed their endeavours to improve the most useful kinds of our domestic quadrupeds. Their efforts are highly praiseworthy; for usefulness has been increased in some cases, and the aggregate stock of nourishment in others. Nor less deserving of honourable mention is the speculative naturalist, who brings amongst us, and endeavours to domesticate, a new race of animals, which has been found capable of administering so largely to the comforts and necessities of man in other regions. Natural history is a beautiful and interesting study; but when its object is usefulness, it becomes sublime. With these observations, I would introduce the important fact, that some of the Rein-deer, of Lapland, have recently been brought to this country, and, in all probability, they will be established amongst us without difficulty. What these animals will be able to do for us, if required, will From a perusal of the above case, best be shewn by describing their proit will appear that the beneficial ac-perties and habits, as compared with tion ascribed to the Alisma Plantago, in the suppression or mitigation of the Hydrophobic symptoms, was not so decided as could have been desired. The irritable state and peculiar sensations of the patient continued, nor did there appear any alteration in the symptoms on the approach of liquids, as in Dr. Kendrick's case, where the Alisma Plantago manifestly removed the dread of swallowing. those of other quadrupeds. The elephant serves and assists man by his strength and sagacity; the camel enables him to communicate with distant countries, where trackless wastes and burning deserts seem to interpose insuperable difficulties; the horse contributes to his business and amusements, by his power and his fleetness; the sheep gives his proprietor food and clothing; but the rein deer, in those countries where he has hitherto been bred, gives to the master and his family the means of rapid transfer by his speed; he gives them clothing by his skin, food by his substance, and various implements of important uti The quantity of the powder administered was about six drachms, and its further use was discontinued, in consequence of the alarming increase of the symptoms, which gradually developed themselves, in defiance of the prophylactic influence of the Alis-lity by his horns and his entrails. ma Plantago. I remain, your's truly, Preston, Feb. 15, 1822. This extraordinary animal is a native of the icy regions of the North, where the bountiful goodness and wisdom of God have evidently placed him, to be subservient to the necessities of a hardy race of men, who could not exist amongst their snowy mountains without this auxiliary; for it is from them the inhabitants derive the only comforts that tend to soften the severities of those most inhospitable climates. But we will confine ourselves to consider the Rein-deer, of Lapland, as more properly referring to the purpose of this communi cation. There are two kinds of this animal in Lapland, the wild and the domesticated, of which the former are usually the largest; but to prevent a gradual increase of this difference in size and hardiness of constitution, the tame females, in the proper season, are frequently sent out into the wood to | find their wild kindred, whence they generally return in a state to increase and improve the herds at home. The breed from this mixture is stronger, and better adapted than those kept at home, for drawing the sledge in which the Laplander travels. sects are so annoying to the deer, that the owner is obliged to anoint their faces with a mixture of pitch and milk, to protect them from these minute but tiresome invaders, who then get into the mouths, the eyes, and even the nostrils. From this extremity, there is, at last, no resource but flight, and the herds are driven to the highest mountains, where they will remain for days with very little food, rather than encounter their little winged persecutors below. Every morning and evening during the summer the herdsman returns to his cottage with the deer to be milked, where a large fire of moss is prepared, for the purpose of raising a smoke that will drive away the gnats, and keep the deer quiet while milking: the quantity of milk given by a female in a day, is about a pint ; it is thinner than the milk of a cow, but more nourishing. The female begins to breed at two The sledge is a curious and ingeni-years old, and she produces in eight ous, but simple vehicle, well suited months. She is remarkably fond of to being carried rapidly over ice and her young, which follow her two or snow. The Rein-deer is yoked to it three years, but do not acquire their by a collar, to which a trace is fasten-full strength till four years old, when ed, that passes between the legs and along under the belly. The person who sits in the sledge guides the animal by a cord fastened to the horns, drives with a stick, and encourages with his voice. The Rein-deer, when hard pushed, will trot sixty miles without stopping; but in these instances of great effort, the poor animal is so much fatigued, that the master is frequently obliged to kill him, in order to prevent a lingering death. The general rate of their travelling is thirty miles for a stage; but it can be so performed only when the ground is covered with snow. As the Rein-deer constitutes the wealth of a Laplander, he devotes himself entirely to breed, support, and protect it. A poor man has fifty of these useful creatures; one in middling circumstances has about five times that number; and a man is accounted rich who possesses five hundred or more. As soon as the summer, so short in that country, appears, the Laplander drives his herds up towards the mountains, leaving the low grounds in a deplorable state, owing to the myriads of insects then brought to life in fens, which abound there. These in they are put in training for labour, and do not continue serviceable more than five years: they seldom live longer than fifteen or sixteen. At eight or nine years old the Rein-deer is killed for his skin and his flesh. Of the former the Laplanders make garments, which are warm, covering them from head to foot, and serving also for their beds, when they spread them over leaves of trees round their fires. The flesh affords a constant supply of pleasant, wholesome food, which is their chief subsistence when winter is set in, and other provisions are not to be obtained. The tongues of the Rein-deer are considered as a delicacy, and when cured, are sent in great numbers to furnish the tables in distant countries. The sinews of these animals serve for thread, which is employed in making the shoes, dresses, and other conveniences of the proprietor and his family. But the innumerable benefits derived by the Laplanders from their deer, are, perhaps best described in the condensed, yet beautiful, language of our poet:"Their Rein-deer form their riches. These their tents, Their robes, their beds, and all their homely wealth Supply, their wholesome fare and cheerful cups: Obsequious at their call, the docile tribe them swift O'er hill and dale, heap'd into one expanse being equally rude and barbarous in their construction. five years old, may be seen an actual exhibition of Lapland manners, the costume of their country, and the form of their habitations. The exhibition opened at the Egyptian Hall, consists of a view of the wild scenery of the North Cape, in the front of which, on Attempts have many times been the floor of the room, two tents are made to transport this very interesting pitched, displaying the real summer animal from his native mountains into and winter habitations of a Lapland milder climates, but they were not family. The first of these is of cansuccessful; for these creatures were vas, stretched over shapeless poles; not accompanied by native Lapland- the other is of moss. Both of these ers, who knew their habits by being ac-erections are highly characteristic, customed to attend them. Mr. Bullock, who has lately brought with him several Rein-deer to this country, has wisely brought the Lapland herdsman | with them, and by careful search they have happily discovered that Bagshot Heath, and most of the common lands even about London, produce in abundance the kind of moss on which the Rein-deer is accustomed to feed. One of the females is already in a breeding state, and as they will soon be turned out under the care of their usual attendant and manager, there is every probability of their becoming, ere long, an established and highly beneficial part of British domestic stock. I send you, Mr. Editor, an accurate drawing of three of the deer, brought | over by Mr. Bullock, with a portrait of the herdsman and his wife, and also of their child, who is leaning over a sledge to give some moss to the youngest animal. Behind is the exact representation of a Lapland hut, and, in the distance, a view of Cape North, as drawn by Captain Brooke. I am, Sir, your humble servant, Additional Observations. In our number for January last, col. 52, we gave some account of these interesting strangers, who, through the enterprising spirit of Mr. Bullock, had some time since been imported into this country. From the period of their arrival to the present time, they have attracted a considerable share of public attention; and there is scarcely one by whom they have been seen, who has not expressed the highest degree of satisfaction. Connected with the man, whose name is Jens, his wife whose name is Karlina, and the child, a lad about The Lapland couple appear in their native garb of skins, and add considerably to the picturesque of the exhibition. Around their habitation, sledges, snow-shoes, dresses, arms, and domestic utensils, are arranged in due Lapland order, and with much Lapland taste. Several of these articles are highly curious in themselves, as specimens of art, and in their combined effect they add much to the singular spectacle with which the spectator is entertained. The deer are not less interesting than the Laplanders, being almost equal strangers to this country, at least in modern times. however, be supposed, that these aniIt cannot, mals appear to any advantage in their confined situation; and from their having lately cast their horns, their native beauty has suffered a great diminution. It has been observed, that sometimes towards the close of the day, the Laplander and his wife mount on distinct tables, and hold a conversation with each other, during which time they throw a string over the horns of the animal, as they are accustomed to do when they catch them, while the child in the meanwhile occasionally plays with his doll, or perhaps rides on one of the deer. When these foreigners were first imported, some visitor called the child Tom Thumb. This was interpreted to the mother, who, on comprehending its import, soon gave him to understand, that she was able to perceive, and also to resent an insult, She got into a dreadful rage, and was for some time hardly to be pacified. Since that time, however, affairs have taken with them a very favourable turn. From the spectators |