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purpose of publication. They propose from time to time to publish, in the 

 cheapest form, an abstract from the most interesting of these communi- 

 cations ; and they trust that the first of these papers will be ready for 

 delivery on the first of January, 1831. They further propose that these 

 meetings shall take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays in every 

 month ; and they have invited, for the 9th of November next, such 

 members of the Society as appeared likely, from their scientific pursuits, 

 to take an interest in their views. 



" The Council have moreover suggested that letters be sent to the 

 superintendents of the principal menageries in Europe, viz. at Paris, 

 Leyden, Munich, Vienna, Madrid, &c., proposing mutual communication 

 of all observations upon these matters, and an occasional interchange of 

 such animals as may be most easily produced or imported in each country. 

 They have also proposed that circulars be addressed to the corresponding 

 members of the Society, requesting particular information upon such facts 

 of natural history as it may be desirable to investigate at each place : and 

 they further propose that a prize be offered for the essay which shall 

 contain the best and most extensive practical knowledge upon the import- 

 ation and domestication of foreign animals in this and other countries." 



The chairman concluded his address by calling on the members, col- 

 lectively and individually, to forward the views of the Council, by com- 

 municating such facts as might tend to the advancement of zoological 

 science. 



A Zoological Garden on the Surrey side of London., — On January 25th, a 

 public meeting was held at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, for the pur- 

 pose of establishing a zoological institution on the Surrey side of the 

 metropolis, similar to the one already existing in the Regent's Park. 

 It was stated that 10,000/. would be required to carry into execution the 

 objects of the meeting; and it was calculated that the expenses of pur- 

 chasing animals, laying out the ground, buildings, &c., would fall within 

 that sum. The money was proposed to be raised by 400 debentures of 

 251. each; the annual subscriptions and the admission money received 

 at the doors to form a fund for the payment of interest. Resolutions, 

 declaring the expediency of forming a Zoological Society, and stating the 

 mode in which it was to be managed, having passed, a committee was 

 appointed to carry the above-mentioned objects into effect. {Examiner, 

 January 30. 1831.) 



We are nmch gratified to see this attempt to elicit a taste which is 

 inherent in all mankind, and only requires to be called forth by such 

 establishments, and by a little instruction in the different departments of 

 natural history at school. As London increases in extent, and as society 

 improves in knowledge and comforts, institutions of this kind will arise all 

 round the suburbs; or rather they will be distributed at such distances as 

 to be within access of all, perhaps something in the manner suggested by 

 us in our prospective plan for establishing breathing and recreative zones. 

 (Gard. Mag., vol. v. p. 686.) A botanic garden was lately in contem- 

 plation at Islington ; one will probably soon be arranged north of the 

 Regent's Park ; and a mixed garden of botany and festivity, the Panhar- 

 monicon Garden, is actually established (Gard. Mag., vol. vi. p. 477.) at 

 Battlebridae. — Co7id. 



Art. II. Natural History in the English Counties. 



Hitherto the counties in this article have bfeen arranged geographically, 

 following the order o? the Circuit Courts, as in the Statistics of the Ency- 



