this blood mixing with the afhes of the ftraw, forms a figure which can never be effaced. I fmoked the calumet after that; they spread white fkins under my feet, on which I walked; they danced before me, crying out for joy; they told me afterwards, that I could go to all the people that were their allies, present the calumet, and fhew my mark, and I would be well received; that I was their brother, and that if any one killed me, they would kill him; now I am a noble Akanza. These people think they have done me all the honour due to a defender of their country, by thus adopting me and I regard this honour almost like that which the Marshal de Richelieu received, when his name was infcribed in the golden book at Genoa among the noble Gencefa. It is true, there is fome difference between an infcription and the operation I have undergone; I cannot exprefs to you how much I have fuffered by it; I did all I could to prevent fhewing how much I was affected; on the contrary, I joked with the Indian women that were present; and all the fpectators, amazed at my infenfibility, cried out for joy, and danced round about me, faying, I was a true man. The pain has been very violent, and I have had a fever from it for a week together. You cannot believe how fond the Akanzas are of me fince that time.'

One of this writer's letters, dated at the Illinois, concludes with the following relation: I fhall finish my letter with the description of a very odd and extraordinary ceremony, performed by the Missouris, who came hither as ambaffadors at the time when the Chevalier de Boifbriant commanded here. This tragic ftory will at the fame time serve to teach officers,—that both the theoretical and the practical part of geography ought to be understood by them; and that it is neceflary they should carefully ftudy the interior fituation of a country where they are at

war.

In 1720, the Spaniards formed the defign of fettling at the Miffouris, who are near the Illinois, in order to confine us (the French) more to the weftward.-They believed, that in order to put their colony in fafety, it was neceflary they should entirely deftroy the Mifpuris; but concluding it would be impoffible to fubdue them with their own forces alone, they refolved to make an alliance with the Ofages, a people who were the neighbours of the Missouris, and at the fame time their mortal enemies.-With that view they formed a caravan at Santa Fe, confifting of men, women and foldiers, having a Jacobine prieft for their chaplain, and an engineer-captain for their chief and conductor, with the horfes and cattle neceffary for a permanent fettlement.

The caravan being fet out, miftook its road, and arrived at the Milouris, taking them to be the Ofages. Immediately

the

the conductor of the caravan orders his interpreter to speak to the chief of the Missouris, as if he had been that of the Ofages, and tell him that they were come to make an alliance with them, in order to deftroy together the Milouris their enemies. The great chief of the Miouris concealed his thoughts upon this expedition; fhewed the Spaniards figns of great joy, and promifed to execute a defign with them which gave him fo much pleafure. To that purpose he invited them to reft for a few. days after their tirefome journey, till he had affembled his warriors, and held council with the old men: but the result of this council of war was, that they should entertain their guefts very well, and affect the fincereft friendship for them. They agreed together to fet out in three days. The Spanish captain immediately diftributed fifteen hundred mufkets amongst them, with an equal number of piftols, fabres, and hatchets; but the very morning after this agreement, the Miffeuris came by break of day into the Spanish camp, and killed them all, except the Jacobine priest, whofe fingular dress did not feem to belong to a warrior: they called him a Mag-pie, and diverted themfelves with making him ride on one of the Spanish horses, on their days of affembly.

All thefe tranfactions the Miouris themfelves have related, when they brought the ornaments of the chapel hither. They were dreffed out in these ornaments: the chief had on the naked fkin the chafuble, with the paten fufpended from his neck, having driven a nail through it, and making use of it as a breaft plate; he marched gravely at the head of all the others, being crowned with feathers and a pair of horns. Thofe that followed him had more chafubles on; after them came thofe who carried the ftole, followed by thofe who had the scarfs about their necks; after them came three or four young Indians, fome with albs, and others with furplices on. The Acolothifts, contrary to order, were at the end of the proceffion, not being adorned enough, and held in their hands a cross or chandelier, whilft they danced in cadence. These people, not knowing the refpect due to the facred utenfils, hung the chalice to a horie's neck, as if it had been a bell.

The firft Frenchman who faw this mafquerade arrive, ran laughing to give M. de Boifbriant intelligence of it: this officer, who is as pious as he is brave, was overcome with grief at the fight of the Indians, and knew not what to think of the event; he feared they had deftroyed fome French fettlements; but when he faw them near-by, his fadnefs vanifhed, and he had much to do to keep himfelf from laughing with the reft. The Miffouris told him, that the Spaniards intended to have deftroyed them; that they brought him all these things, as being of no ufe to them, and that, if he would, he might give them

fuch

According

fuch goods in return as were more to their liking. ly he gave them fome goods, and fent the ornaments to M. de Bienville, who was then governor-general of the province of Louisiana. As the Indians had got a great number of Spanish horfes from this caravan, the chief of the Milouris gave the fineft to M. de Boisbriant.

In his last letter, M. Boffu tells us of a method which was employed to impofe upon the Spaniards: The inhabitants of Cuba, fays he, who were plagued by the Spaniards to discover the gold mines, being defirous of getting rid of these importunate guests, told them, that befides the gold which they would find in the ifle of Bimini, there was likewise a river and a fountain which made old men young by bathing in it. This account was immediately tranfmitted to the court of Madrid, where it engaged many Spaniards to embark at Cadiz, in order to go to the Weft Indies to fee this wonder, which, if it had really existed, would have been worth more than all the gold in the world. When thefe Spaniards returned to Cadiz, every one found that they had been deceived; inftead of being young, they were grown older, and the people laughed at their long and troublesome voyage.'-Our Author and his company had agreed among themfelves to make the trial, had they been carried to Bimini, which now belongs to the English, and is called the Ifle of Providence.

The fecond volume of this work contains only the Author's laft letter, which is followed by a catalogue of plants, fhrubs and trees in North America. To this is added, 6 an abstract of the most useful and neceflary articles mentioned by Peter Loefling, botanift to his Catholic majefty, in his travels through Spain, and that part of South America called Cumana, confifting in his life, and in fyftematical defcriptions of the plants of both countries, referring to the pages in the original Swedish edition.'

Peter Loefling was a native of Sweden, and difciple of Dr. Linnæus; he was a molt induftrious botanift, and a kind of enthufiaft in the fcience. He was employed by the king of Spain to collect the various fpecies of plants in that country and in South America, where this ingenious and worthy young man prematurely ended his days, on the 22d of February 1756, to the great regret of all who knew him, and of all the lovers of that branch of knowledge to which he was devoted.

The tranflator finishes the life of Peter Loefling with expreffg his laudable and moft ardent with that England may never be without difinterefted and patriotic men, who, for the increase of useful learning and the knowledge of nature, will exert their influence, genius and wealth, to promote, encourage and protect, the investigation of natural hiftory in the

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West Indies and America, on the Senegal and Gambia rivers in Africa, and the great and extenfive poffeffions which the English enjoy in the Eaft Indies, and wherever their navigation Hi.

extends.'

ART. XI. The Genealogies of Jefus Chrift, in Matthew and Luke, explained; and the Jewish Objections removed. By Richard Parry, D. D. Preacher at Market-Harborough. Svo. Is. 6d. Davies,

&c. 1771.

IT

T is well known, that to reconcile the different genealogies of our Saviour, given by St. Matthew and St. Luke, and to remove the difficulties feparately attending them, hath long and often been the business of divines; who have been the more folicitous upon this head, as both Jews and Infidels have hence formed objections to Christianity. In the prefent tract, Dr. Parry chiefly encounters the Jews; in oppofition to whom, he hath undertaken to fhew, that Jefus Chrift was indeed of the house and lineage of David. With this view, he reduces the fubject to fix propofitions, which are as follows: 1. The line from David to Jofeph is filled up with a fucceffion of different names, two only excepted. 2. It is the plain and obvious defign of each Evangelift to fhew, that Jefus, the Son of Mary, was the Son of God, and not of Jofeph. 3. It must, therefore, have been the intention of both Evangelifts, in proving the relationship of Jefus to the houfe of David, to fhew, that his mother was defcended from that houfe. 4. The pedigree in St. Matthew is the natural line from David to Jofeph, the husband of Mary, who was likewife of the house of David. 5. The pedigree in St. Luke is the natural line from David, through Nathan, to Jefus the fon-in-law of Jofeph, who, as the husband of Mary, was the fon-in-law of Heli. 6. Salathiel and Zorobabel in St. Luke are different perfons from thofe of the fame name in St. Matthew.

The three laft of thefe propofitions are the principal objects of Dr. Parry's attention. In order to reconcile the three feries of fourteen generations given by St. Matthew, our Author makes the last perfon of one feries the firft of the next; and thus, fays he, we have a remarkable perfon at the head of each clafs ABRAHAM who had the Promifes-DAVID the King-JECHONIAH the Captive. We have alfo a remarkable perfon at the foot of each-DAVID the King-JECHONIAH Captive-JESUS the Chrift. As the fecond feries contains fifteen perfons, and is on that account faulty, Dr. Parry excludes Foram from it; in which he is fupported by the authority of one manufcript, and the Gloffa ordinaria, as well as by the reason for which Abaziah, Joash, and Amaziah are supposed to have been excluded. What is alleged, to prove, that the Salathiel and

Zorobabel

Zorobabel in St. Luke, are different perfons from thofe of the fame name in St. Matthew, is worthy of notice, though, perhaps, the matter will not yet be confidered as cleared of all its difficulties.

The Author has illuftrated his work by a number of notes, feveral of which are ingenious and valuable. His interpretation of Luke vii. 28. (He that is leaft in the kingdom of heaven) which he applies to the Meffiah, is fo fingular, that we should have been glad to have feen his reafons for it at large. But whatever may be thought of this particular criticifm, Dr. Parry's remarks will, we doubt not, in general, obtain the approbation of his learned readers. K...s.

MONTHLY CATALOGUE, For JANUARY,

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1772.

RELIGIOUS and CONTROVERSIAL.

Art. 12. A Letter to the Right Honourable Lord North, concerning the intended Application to Parliament for Relief in the Matter of Subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles and Liturgy of the Church of England. By a Layman. 4to. Is. S. Bladon. 1772. E may fafely venture to pronounce, that this letter is what it profeffes to be, the Compofition of a Layman. It is not written in the manner that might be expected, and would, indeed, be almost unavoidable in a Divine, but with the liberal spirit of a perfon who converses much in the world, and is entirely free from ecclefiaftical restraints. Though the Author appears to be well acquainted with the fubject of Subfcriptions, he enters no farther into the theological part of it than is neceffary to his principal purpose, which is, to offer fuch confiderations with regard to the application of the petitioning clergy, as will be likely to have an effect upon ftatefmen and members of parliament.

After a genteel introduction to Lord North, our Letter-writer propofes to fhew, that Subfcription to the Thirty-nine Articles and Liturgy of our church is extremely prejudicial to the cause of genuine Christianity, and to the interefts of truth and virtue; that no real advantage is, or poffibly can be, derived from it; and that there is nothing in the fpirit of the times, or temper of the people, that is, in the leaft, unfavourable to the petitioners, but, on the contrary, extremely friendly and favourable to them. Having reprefented the unfortunate fitnation of many of the clergy, in being obliged to declare their affent to forms which they cannot approve, and having pointed out fome few of the abfurd doctrines contained in the Articles, the Author adds the following animated reflections:

'Good God! that, in a philofophic age, in a Proteftant Country, a Country famed over the whole Globe for having given birth to the greatest masters of reafon that ever appeared among men, a Country, where the writings of a Locke, a Hoadley, a Clarke, a Butler, are in the hands of thousands and ten thousands, that in fuch a Country, I

fay,