THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY 



NOVEMBER, 1829. 



Art. I. Some Account of the Progress of Natural History ^ during 

 the Year 1 828, as reported to the Academy of Sciences at Paris 

 by the Baron Cuvier, By Mrs. Bowdich. 



Sir, 

 In compliance with your request, I send you some account 

 of the yearly report made to the Academy of Sciences by 

 Baron Cuvier, in his quality of perpetual secretary to that 

 body, and entitled Analyse des Trax)aux de V Academic Royale 

 des Sciences pendant Vaimee 1828. In doing this I have pur- 

 posely avoided those subjects which might not be interesting 

 to the readers of natural history ; and even in those which are 

 noticed, I have been obliged to curtail much from the original 

 work. Baron Cuvier is most elaborate in his explanations, 

 and carries his readers back to the discoveries of former years 

 to elucidate those of the present moment, and 1 much regret 

 that the limits of your Magazine will not allow of a closer 

 translation. I have, however, done the best I could in so 

 small a space, and should be very glad to see the example of 

 this great man followed by some one of his learned cotempo- 

 raries in this country. 



The Partie Physique commences with Meteorology, and 

 contains some particulars, communicated by M. Moreau de 

 Jonnes, of the earthquake which took place in the West 

 Indies, on the 29th of March, 1828. Twelve shocks had 

 been felt in the space of eight months, but the most violent 

 was at the above period. The movement was from east to 

 west, and it extended across the Atlantic and American con- 

 tinent in the space of twenty-three hours, when it caused 

 great destruction at Lima, and where the shock was violent, 

 and lasted from thirty-five to forty-five seconds. 



Under the head of Chemistry and Chemical Sciences, are 

 two or three discoveries which may be generally interesting. 

 The first is that of the son of the M, Raymond who substi- 



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