Malta.
_Do the Sun's Rays put out the Fire?_--There is a current and notorious
idea, that the admission of the sun-light into a room puts the fire out;
and, {286} after making every deduction for an apparent effect in this
matter, I confess I am disposed to think that the notion is not an
erroneous one. Can any of your correspondents account for it on
philosophical principles, or disprove it experimentally?