9. The good-fort-of-man DOCTOR. D. a good fort of man, armed, by fome mistake, with a diploma. Var. a. The goffiping good fort-of-man D. fetches and carries fcandal. Obf. Varieties numerous as the hues of the chamæleon. 10. The Sectarian DOCTOR. D. dwelling among his own people at firft; and by them often pushed on to fpread devaftation among the beft of mankind. Obf. Varieties manifold; each distinguishable by the livery of its fect-one is too curious to be omitted. Var. a. The infpired Sect. DocTOR. D. believing himself to be infpired with the knowledge of difeafes and remedies. In civilized countries not much more frequent than witches. Among rude tribes, as, among the Tartar hordes, a kindred variety is univerfally found. See Gmelin's Travels. But thefe feem rather to pretend to infpiration, than really to believe that their deity ferves them in the capacity of Prompter: and they conjoin the characters of pricft and conjurer with that of phyfician. I have not been able to afcertain whether our variety receives the afflatus, except in its medical capacity: and the miracles it has wrought in this are not fo perfectly authenticated, as to filence cavillers.' Some ferious matter follows, introductory to the study of the Brunonian doctrine; which, it must be acknowleged, requires, beyond moft fyftems, the efforts of a clear head and an exercifed understanding to prepare the way for its full comprehenfion. An ingenious illuftration by Mr. Thomas Chriftie is made a part of this preliminary matter. Dr. B. has added ftrictures on the origin, and on the imperfections and errors of the fyftem; and he gives the following fummary account of what he conceives to be its principal excellencies: The diftinguishing merit of Brown is obvious; he avoided all falfe analogies, and confined himself within the proper fphere of obfervation for a phyfician. Hence at a time when I could not be fuf pected of that difpofition to diminish the faults, and magnify the exceilencies of his fyftem, which my fhare in the prefent publication may be fuppofed to produce; I was led to remark, that if he has not always discovered the truth, he is feldom forfaken by the fpirit of philofophy." Before him, inveftigations relative to medicine had been carried on just as rationally as if to difcover the qualities of the horfe, the naturalift were to direct his attention to the movements of a windmill. There exifted no fyftem which was not either entirely, or in a great meafure, founded upon the obferved or fuppofed properties of fubftances, deftitute of life. Thus Roerhaave taught that difeafes depend upon changes of the blood, fimilar to those which certain oily, watery, or mucilaginous liquors undergo; I have already had occafion to fhew that Cullen referred the phænomena of life to an imaginary fluid, endowed with the fame properties as the electric fluid, of which the very existence is fill problematical His prede- ceffors having in this manner left man entirely out of their fyftems, or affigned him an unimportant place, Brown atchieved the important fervice of reftoring him to his proper ftation in the centre.' The improvements in the tranflation of the Elements themfelves confift in corrections of the language throughout, in order to render the meaning plainer,-in fome typographical alterations, and in a table of contents prefixed to each chapter. ART. XII. An Elegy on the Death of the Honorable Sir William Jones, a Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Bengal, &c. By William Hayley, Efq, 4to. pp. 40. 2s. 6d. Cadell jun. and Davies. 1795 · ANOTHER cafket of sweet-fcented incenfe, burnt at the fhrine of fcience and virtue :-a fecond funeral panegyric on the most illuftrious oriental fcholar, and one of the beft of men. We have recently given our just tribute of praise to Mr. Maurice's very poetical elegy; and we are now called to appreciate the real and comparative merit of the work before us. We are not ignorant that the very name of Hayley is a fufficient paffport for any poem, and we have often had occafion to teftify our high efteem for his elegant productions: but we muft not be deterred from giving our candid opinion of this laft performance, even though it fhould be lefs favourable than former decifions. It was rather unfortunate that the present elegy fo foon followed that of Mr. Maurice; and of this Mr. Hayley himself feems to be fenfible. There is fo much poetical merit (fays he) in the animated and graceful tribute which Mr. Maurice has paid to the memory of Sir W. Jones, that had I feen it before the completion of thefe ftanzas, it might have induced me to relinqu fh a fubject pre-engaged by a writer peculiarly qualified to treat it with fuccefs.' We ad mire this candid and well-turned compliment from one poet to another, which naturally calls to mind the words of Tully: Ea eft enim profect jucunda laus, quæ ab iis proficifcitur, qui ipfi in laude vixerunt. Nothing is to flattering to human vanity, nor so great a stimulus to afpire at excellence, as the praise of those who are our rivals in the fame purfuit, and have fucceeded in it. We are glad, however, that Mr. Hayley did not relinquifh the fubject, though pre-occupied by Mr. Maurice; and we heartily join with him in thinking that the literary excellence of Sir W. J. appears to require fome kind of homage from every man of letters.' *See Rev. N. S. vol. xvii. p. 194. + We very much doubt the propriety of this expreffion. We engage in an undertaking: but an undertaking can hardly be faid to be engaged by us. Pre-occupied seems to be the proper term. I Having Having offered these remarks, by way of prelude, we now proceed to the ftanzas themselves, which are terfe, harmonious, and laboured with uncommon care, but rife not to that degree of fublimity which diftinguishes the production of Mr. Maurice. The mufe of Mr. Hayley is a pleasant, well-bred gentle woman, who moves along with a graceful air: her march is uniform, and all her fteps, though ftill eafy and elegant, are meafured: for fhe never, or feldom, deviates from the flowery path in which the delights to tread. The mufe of Mr. Maurice is an impetuous Amazon, who talks with majestic ftrides, furmounting fences with the unceremonious bounds of genius, and afcending the top of Parnaffus by the fhorteft way. Mr. H. has all the fweetness and verbofity of Ovid; Mr. M. poffefles a great fhare of the ftrength and laconifm of Pindar: the former has more method and art, the latter more fire and energy. Such is the impartial judgment which we formed on reading the two elegies; and we are perfuaded that every reader of tafte, who has compared them with as much attention as we have done, will incline to our opinion. While, however, we give, on the whole, the preference to Mr. Maurice's poem, we by no means wish to infinuate that the prefent is an ordinary production, unworthy of either the panegyrift or the panegyrized on the contrary, we do not expect to fee a third elegy fo nearly equal to the fecond as this fecond is to the first:-at least it will not be an eafy task, nor proceed from a common pen. It is now time to admit our readers to part of Mr. Hayley's banquet, that they may gratify their own palate. The poem with thefe ftanzas: opens • Science of late, with quick maternal eye, Penfive and kind, with Glory by her fide, Death's Angel pafs'd, and thook his potent dart; At once to wound, and to confole thy heart! Mourn that enlighten'd Judge they joy'd to hear. On which his mind immortal luftre fhed, Echoing the liberal voice of friendly SHORE Sounds the fweet praises of the hero dead; * Sir J. Shore, who fucceeded Sir W. J. as Prefident of the Afiatic Society, delivered, in his first addrefs to that Society, a very eloquent eulogium on his accomplished predeceffor.' X 3 The The Hero! who, in fields of higheft fame, Beyond his peers the dart of conqueft hurl'd; And nobly grafp'd the intellectual world.' The poet then goes on to trace with a minute pencil the accomplishments of his hero, following him through all his various acquirements in language and science, with the fame harmony of numbers and elegance of diction. As he proceeds, he finds occafion to pay fome pretty compliments to Lord Spencer, Mr. Flaxman, and Lady Jones;-with his addrefs to the last of. whom we fhall clofe this article; it being alfo the conclufion of Mr. H.'s poem: Thou feeling Daughter of a fainted fire! Meek heir of mitred SHIPLEY'S modeft worth! Thy foul must bear the fharpeft pangs of earth. Thou would't not change for apathy or joy. As e'er won glory in the toil of life. For him, if darkling mortals may prefume E'en there, he deems thy heart his richest tomb, There, Heav'n's tried fervant, and in fervice pure, To failing language more expreffive tears.' ART. XIII. The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship. [Article concluded from the Review for July, p. 273.] THE HE fection following the theory of working fhips treats on the practice of working fhips, and opens with a description of the mooring chains used in the principal harbours for the royal navy accompanied with a plate reprefenting the manner in which the chains are placed and connected. Immediately after this, we have a defcription of the manner of tacking a ship, in which the learner is affifted by two plates; one of them reprefenting prefenting a fhip which is made moveable, as likewise are the The practice of working fhips is concluded with obfervations and inftructions on boarding an enemy, and on chafing: fubjects which might not improperly have been included in the following fection on naval tactics. On chafing, is advanced a pofition rather curious: "A veffel that chases another ought to have the advantage of failing.' Without chafing, how is that to be known?— but it is added, to know if your fhip fails quicker than your adverfary, you must get on the fame tack, under the fame fails, and keep the fame courfe with the veffel you wish to chafe,' &c. In the beginning of a chase, we know of but one invariable rule, which is to endeavour to approach the veffel chafed as speedily as poffible, by fteering the courfe that is beft calculated for this purpose, and by fetting every fail that the weather will permit, and which it is believed will increase the rate of failing. The advice given to a fhip to windward, which is endeavouring to escape, does not appear to be well confidered. It being first granted that the does not fail fo well as the purfuing veffel;' if then, it is faid, the chafer should mistakingly ftand on a long way, and tack in the wake of the chafe, the best thing the can do is to heave in ftays, and pafs to windOn the contrary, if she has ward of him on the other tack.' already experienced that the chafer fails on a wind fafter than herself, and has flood on into her wake, we think that, inftead of tacking, she would have a much better chance for escaping, if, as foon as fhe perceives the chafing fhip going into ftays, and not before, fhe were immediately to edge away from the X 4 wind, |