generations of Israel," as a memorial; so the remarkable phenomenon remains in evidence of the truth of the narrative. The _miracle_, however, remains precisely as it was. There is sufficient to appeal to, as an existing and perpetual memorial to all generations. The MIRACLE, from which there can be no appeal, and which allows of no equivocation, consisted in its ample abundance, in its continued supply, and its complete intermission on the sacred day of rest. Nutritious substances have fallen from the atmosphere in some countries; such, for example, was that which fell a few years ago in Persia, and was examined by Thenard. It proved to be a nutritious substance referable to a vegetable origin. We have before us, at the moment of writing these pages, a small work, printed at Naples in 1793, the author of which is Gaetano Maria La Pira; it is entitled, "Memoria sulla pioggia della Manna," &c.: and describes a shower of manna which fell in Sicily, in the month of September, 1792. The author, a professor of chemistry, at Naples, gives an interesting account of the circumstances under which it was found, together with a variety of interesting particulars, some of which we shall select, and we do so to prove that a similar substance may have an _aerial_ origin, though carried up in the first instance, it may be, by the process of evaporation;--this would considerably modify the product. On the 26th September, 1792, a fall of manna took place at a district in Sicily, called _Fiume grande_; this singular shower lasted, it is stated, for about an hour and a half. It commenced at _twenty-two o'clock_, according to Italian time, or about five o'clock in the afternoon: the space covered with this manna seems to have been considerable. A _second_ shower covered a space of thirty-eight paces in length, by fourteen in breadth. This second shower of manna, which took place on the following day, was not confined to the _Fiume grande_, but seems to have fallen in still greater abundance in another place, called _Santa Barbara_, at a considerable distance: it covered a space of two hundred and fifty paces in length, by fourteen paces in breadth. An individual, named Guiseppe Giarrusso, informed Sig. G.M. La Pira, that about half-past eight o'clock, A.M., he witnessed this shower of manna, and described it as composed of extremely minute drops, which, as soon as they fell, congealed into a white concrete substance; and the quantity was such, that the whole surface of the ground was covered, and presented the appearance of snow: the depth, in all cases, seems to have been inconsiderable. This aerial manna was somewhat purgative, when administered internally; and the chemical analysis of it seemed to prove, that its constituents, though somewhat different from that obtained from the _ornus rotundifolia_,[6] did not materially differ from the latter in its constituents. Sig. La Pira describes it of a white colour, and